#CDC844#CDC844

#CDC844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC844
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -13.89, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 65.20, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0442 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.15 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8762, 54.7066, 13.5579)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC844 #4449CD

analogous

#CD8344 #CDC844 #8DCD44

triadic

#CDC844 #44CDC8 #C844CD

tetradic

#CDC844 #44CD83 #4449CD #CD448D

square

#CDC844 #44CD83 #4449CD #CD448D

split-complementary

#CDC844 #448DCD #8344CD

monochromatic

#777420 #A7A32D #CDC844 #DAD674 #E7E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CDC844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC844

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC844	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)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87f',
    500: '#cdc844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc844;
$custom-light: #e0d87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81308,
    "c": 0.14955,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC844

secondary

#36397F

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC844

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

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