#CDC74A#CDC74A

#CDC74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC74A
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -13.04, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 62.44, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0411 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8379, 54.3219, 14.4952)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC74A #4A50CD

analogous

#CD864A #CDC74A #92CD4A

triadic

#CDC74A #4ACDC7 #C74ACD

tetradic

#CDC74A #4ACD86 #4A50CD #CD4A92

square

#CDC74A #4ACD86 #4A50CD #CD4A92

split-complementary

#CDC74A #4A92CD #864ACD

monochromatic

#7B7722 #ABA52F #CDC74A #DAD67A #E7E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC74A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC74A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#cdc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc74a;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC74A

secondary

#383C83

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC74A

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

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