#CDC84F#CDC84F

#CDC84F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC84F
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -13.23, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 60.76, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0411 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.141 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2440, 54.8537, 15.4948)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC84F #4F54CD

analogous

#CD894F #CDC84F #93CD4F

triadic

#CDC84F #4FCDC8 #C84FCD

tetradic

#CDC84F #4FCD89 #4F54CD #CD4F93

square

#CDC84F #4FCD89 #4F54CD #CD4F93

split-complementary

#CDC84F #4F93CD #894FCD

monochromatic

#7E7A24 #AEA931 #CDC84F #DBD77F #E8E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC84F

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC84F	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)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd886',
    500: '#cdc84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc84f;
$custom-light: #dfd886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC84F

secondary

#3B3E86

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC84F

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

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