#CDC64C#CDC64C

#CDC64C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.142 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC64C
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -12.41, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 61.24, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0391 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.142 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.6771, 53.8907, 14.7793)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC64C #4C53CD

analogous

#CD854C #CDC64C #94CD4C

triadic

#CDC64C #4CCDC6 #C64CCD

tetradic

#CDC64C #4CCD85 #4C53CD #CD4C94

square

#CDC64C #4CCD85 #4C53CD #CD4C94

split-complementary

#CDC64C #4C94CD #854CCD

monochromatic

#7C7723 #ACA530 #CDC64C #DAD57C #E8E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CDC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC64C

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC64C	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.142 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd784',
    500: '#cdc64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc64c;
$custom-light: #dfd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8095,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC64C

secondary

#393D84

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC64C

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

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