#CDC74C#CDC74C

#CDC74C 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	#CDC74C
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -12.91, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 61.62, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0406 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.143 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9064, 54.3493, 14.8557)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC74C #4C52CD

analogous

#CD864C #CDC74C #93CD4C

triadic

#CDC74C #4CCDC7 #C74CCD

tetradic

#CDC74C #4CCD86 #4C52CD #CD4C93

square

#CDC74C #4CCD86 #4C52CD #CD4C93

split-complementary

#CDC74C #4C93CD #864CCD

monochromatic

#7C7823 #ACA630 #CDC74C #DAD67C #E8E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC74C

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC74C	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)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd784',
    500: '#cdc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc74c;
$custom-light: #dfd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC74C

secondary

#393D84

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC74C

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

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