#CDC642#CDC642

#CDC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.149 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC642
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -12.99, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 65.23, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0418 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.149 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3560, 53.7623, 13.0885)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC642 #4249CD

analogous

#CD8042 #CDC642 #8FCD42

triadic

#CDC642 #42CDC6 #C642CD

tetradic

#CDC642 #42CD80 #4249CD #CD428F

square

#CDC642 #42CD80 #4249CD #CD428F

split-complementary

#CDC642 #428FCD #8042CD

monochromatic

#76711F #A6A02C #CDC642 #DAD572 #E7E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC642

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC642	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.149 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77e',
    500: '#cdc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc642;
$custom-light: #e0d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80866,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC642

secondary

#35397E

accent

#4EE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC642

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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