#CDC842#CDC842

#CDC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.151 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC842
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -14.00, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 65.96, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0447 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.151 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8162, 54.6826, 13.2419)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC842 #4247CD

analogous

#CD8242 #CDC842 #8CCD42

triadic

#CDC842 #42CDC8 #C842CD

tetradic

#CDC842 #42CD82 #4247CD #CD428C

square

#CDC842 #42CD82 #4247CD #CD428C

split-complementary

#CDC842 #428CCD #8242CD

monochromatic

#76721F #A6A22C #CDC842 #DAD672 #E7E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CDC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC842

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC842	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.151 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87e',
    500: '#cdc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc842;
$custom-light: #e0d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81293,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC842

secondary

#35387E

accent

#4CE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC842

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

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