#CDC64E#CDC64E

#CDC64E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC64E
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -12.28, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 60.41, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0385 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.14 106)
XYZ	xyz(46.7477, 53.9189, 15.1512)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC64E #4E55CD

analogous

#CD864E #CDC64E #94CD4E

triadic

#CDC64E #4ECDC6 #C64ECD

tetradic

#CDC64E #4ECD86 #4E55CD #CD4E94

square

#CDC64E #4ECD86 #4E55CD #CD4E94

split-complementary

#CDC64E #4E94CD #864ECD

monochromatic

#7D7823 #ADA631 #CDC64E #DAD57E #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CDC64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC64E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC64E	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)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd785',
    500: '#cdc64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc64e;
$custom-light: #dfd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.53917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC64E

secondary

#3A3E85

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC64E

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

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