#CDC74B#CDC74B

#CDC74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC74B
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -12.98, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 62.03, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0408 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.143 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8719, 54.3355, 14.6740)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC74B #4B51CD

analogous

#CD864B #CDC74B #92CD4B

triadic

#CDC74B #4BCDC7 #C74BCD

tetradic

#CDC74B #4BCD86 #4B51CD #CD4B92

square

#CDC74B #4BCD86 #4B51CD #CD4B92

split-complementary

#CDC74B #4B92CD #864BCD

monochromatic

#7B7722 #ABA630 #CDC74B #DAD67B #E8E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC74B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC74B	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd783',
    500: '#cdc74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc74b;
$custom-light: #dfd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81154,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC74B

secondary

#393C83

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC74B

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

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