#CDC94C#CDC94C

#CDC94C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC94C
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -13.92, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 62.39, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0434 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.145 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3696, 55.2757, 15.0101)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC94C #4C50CD

analogous

#CD894C #CDC94C #90CD4C

triadic

#CDC94C #4CCDC9 #C94CCD

tetradic

#CDC94C #4CCD89 #4C50CD #CD4C90

square

#CDC94C #4CCD89 #4C50CD #CD4C90

split-complementary

#CDC94C #4C90CD #894CCD

monochromatic

#7C7923 #ACA830 #CDC94C #DAD77C #E8E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC94C

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC94C	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)

#D9C13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd984',
    500: '#cdc94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc94c;
$custom-light: #dfd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC94C

secondary

#393C84

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC94C

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

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