#CDC64D#CDC64D

#CDC64D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC64D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -12.34, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 60.82, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0388 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.141 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.7121, 53.9047, 14.9638)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC64D #4D54CD

analogous

#CD864D #CDC64D #94CD4D

triadic

#CDC64D #4DCDC6 #C64DCD

tetradic

#CDC64D #4DCD86 #4D54CD #CD4D94

square

#CDC64D #4DCD86 #4D54CD #CD4D94

split-complementary

#CDC64D #4D94CD #864DCD

monochromatic

#7D7823 #ACA630 #CDC64D #DAD57D #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CDC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC64D

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC64D	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)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd784',
    500: '#cdc64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc64d;
$custom-light: #dfd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80959,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC64D

secondary

#3A3E84

accent

#51DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC64D

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

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