#CDC94A#CDC94A

#CDC94A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.146 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC94A
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -14.05, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 63.21, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.044 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.146 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3011, 55.2483, 14.6496)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC94A #4A4ECD

analogous

#CD884A #CDC94A #90CD4A

triadic

#CDC94A #4ACDC9 #C94ACD

tetradic

#CDC94A #4ACD88 #4A4ECD #CD4A90

square

#CDC94A #4ACD88 #4A4ECD #CD4A90

split-complementary

#CDC94A #4A90CD #884ACD

monochromatic

#7B7822 #ABA72F #CDC94A #DAD77A #E7E6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC94A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC94A	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.146 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd983',
    500: '#cdc94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc94a;
$custom-light: #dfd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81571,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC94A

secondary

#383B83

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC94A

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

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