#CDC84E#CDC84E

#CDC84E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC84E
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -13.29, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 61.18, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0414 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.142 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2078, 54.8392, 15.3046)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC84E #4E53CD

analogous

#CD884E #CDC84E #92CD4E

triadic

#CDC84E #4ECDC8 #C84ECD

tetradic

#CDC84E #4ECD88 #4E53CD #CD4E92

square

#CDC84E #4ECD88 #4E53CD #CD4E92

split-complementary

#CDC84E #4E92CD #884ECD

monochromatic

#7D7A23 #ADA831 #CDC84E #DAD77E #E8E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC84E

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC84E	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd885',
    500: '#cdc84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc84e;
$custom-light: #dfd885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81394,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC84E

secondary

#3A3D85

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC84E

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

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