#CDC742#CDC742

#CDC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.150 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC742
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -13.50, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 65.59, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0433 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.15 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5854, 54.2209, 13.1650)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC742 #4248CD

analogous

#CD8142 #CDC742 #8DCD42

triadic

#CDC742 #42CDC7 #C742CD

tetradic

#CDC742 #42CD81 #4248CD #CD428D

square

#CDC742 #42CD81 #4248CD #CD428D

split-complementary

#CDC742 #428DCD #8142CD

monochromatic

#76721F #A6A12C #CDC742 #DAD572 #E7E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC742

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC742	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)

#D7C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.150 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77e',
    500: '#cdc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc742;
$custom-light: #e0d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81079,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC742

secondary

#35387E

accent

#4DE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC742

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

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