#CDC84A#CDC84A

#CDC84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC84A
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -13.54, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 62.82, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0425 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.145 107)
XYZ	xyz(47.0688, 54.7836, 14.5721)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC84A #4A4FCD

analogous

#CD874A #CDC84A #91CD4A

triadic

#CDC84A #4ACDC8 #C84ACD

tetradic

#CDC84A #4ACD87 #4A4FCD #CD4A91

square

#CDC84A #4ACD87 #4A4FCD #CD4A91

split-complementary

#CDC84A #4A91CD #874ACD

monochromatic

#7B7722 #ABA62F #CDC84A #DAD77A #E7E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CDC84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC84A

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC84A	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd883',
    500: '#cdc84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc84a;
$custom-light: #dfd883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81358,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.54782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC84A

secondary

#383B83

accent

#4EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC84A

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

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