#CDC74D#CDC74D

#CDC74D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC74D
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -12.85, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 61.21, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0403 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9414, 54.3633, 15.0402)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC74D #4D53CD

analogous

#CD874D #CDC74D #93CD4D

triadic

#CDC74D #4DCDC7 #C74DCD

tetradic

#CDC74D #4DCD87 #4D53CD #CD4D93

square

#CDC74D #4DCD87 #4D53CD #CD4D93

split-complementary

#CDC74D #4D93CD #874DCD

monochromatic

#7D7823 #ACA730 #CDC74D #DAD67D #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDC74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC74D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC74D	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)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd784',
    500: '#cdc74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc74d;
$custom-light: #dfd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC74D

secondary

#3A3D84

accent

#4FDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC74D

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

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