#CDC74E#CDC74E

#CDC74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC74E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -12.79, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 60.79, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.04 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9770, 54.3776, 15.2276)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC74E #4E54CD

analogous

#CD874E #CDC74E #94CD4E

triadic

#CDC74E #4ECDC7 #C74ECD

tetradic

#CDC74E #4ECD87 #4E54CD #CD4E94

square

#CDC74E #4ECD87 #4E54CD #CD4E94

split-complementary

#CDC74E #4E94CD #874ECD

monochromatic

#7D7923 #ADA731 #CDC74E #DAD67E #E8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC74E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC74E	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd785',
    500: '#cdc74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc74e;
$custom-light: #dfd785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC74E

secondary

#3A3E85

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC74E

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

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