#CDC740#CDC740

#CDC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC740
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -13.60, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 66.35, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0438 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5274, 54.1977, 12.8598)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC740 #4046CD

analogous

#CD8140 #CDC740 #8CCD40

triadic

#CDC740 #40CDC7 #C740CD

tetradic

#CDC740 #40CD81 #4046CD #CD408C

square

#CDC740 #40CD81 #4046CD #CD408C

split-complementary

#CDC740 #408CCD #8140CD

monochromatic

#74711E #A5A02B #CDC740 #DAD571 #E6E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC740

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC740	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cdc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc740;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC740

secondary

#34377D

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC740

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

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