#CDC64A#CDC64A

#CDC64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC64A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -12.53, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 62.06, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0397 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.143 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6086, 53.8633, 14.4187)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC64A #4A51CD

analogous

#CD854A #CDC64A #93CD4A

triadic

#CDC64A #4ACDC6 #C64ACD

tetradic

#CDC64A #4ACD85 #4A51CD #CD4A93

square

#CDC64A #4ACD85 #4A51CD #CD4A93

split-complementary

#CDC64A #4A93CD #854ACD

monochromatic

#7B7622 #ABA42F #CDC64A #DAD57A #E7E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC64A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC64A	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#cdc64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc64a;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80932,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC64A

secondary

#383C83

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC64A

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

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