#CDC64F#CDC64F

#CDC64F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC64F
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -12.21, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 59.98, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0382 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7838, 53.9334, 15.3414)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC64F #4F56CD

analogous

#CD874F #CDC64F #95CD4F

triadic

#CDC64F #4FCDC6 #C64FCD

tetradic

#CDC64F #4FCD87 #4F56CD #CD4F95

square

#CDC64F #4FCD87 #4F56CD #CD4F95

split-complementary

#CDC64F #4F95CD #874FCD

monochromatic

#7E7924 #AEA731 #CDC64F #DBD57F #E8E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC64F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC64F	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd785',
    500: '#cdc64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc64f;
$custom-light: #dfd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80978,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC64F

secondary

#3B3F86

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC64F

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

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