#CDC840#CDC840

#CDC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.152 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC840
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -14.10, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 66.71, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0452 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.152 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7583, 54.6594, 12.9368)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC840 #4045CD

analogous

#CD8140 #CDC840 #8CCD40

triadic

#CDC840 #40CDC8 #C840CD

tetradic

#CDC840 #40CD81 #4045CD #CD408C

square

#CDC840 #40CD81 #4045CD #CD408C

split-complementary

#CDC840 #408CCD #8140CD

monochromatic

#74711E #A5A02B #CDC840 #DAD671 #E6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC840

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC840	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.152 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87d',
    500: '#cdc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc840;
$custom-light: #e0d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81278,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC840

secondary

#34377D

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC840

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

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