#CDC942#CDC942

#CDC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.152 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC942
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -14.50, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 66.33, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0461 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.152 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0486, 55.1473, 13.3194)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC942 #4246CD

analogous

#CD8342 #CDC942 #8CCD42

triadic

#CDC942 #42CDC9 #C942CD

tetradic

#CDC942 #42CD83 #4246CD #CD428C

square

#CDC942 #42CD83 #4246CD #CD428C

split-complementary

#CDC942 #428CCD #8342CD

monochromatic

#76731F #A6A22C #CDC942 #DAD772 #E7E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC942

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC942	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.152 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#cdc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc942;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC942

secondary

#35377E

accent

#4BE146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC942

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

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