#CDC94E#CDC94E

#CDC94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.143 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC94E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -13.80, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 61.57, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0428 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.143 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4402, 55.3040, 15.3820)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC94E #4E52CD

analogous

#CD894E #CDC94E #92CD4E

triadic

#CDC94E #4ECDC9 #C94ECD

tetradic

#CDC94E #4ECD89 #4E52CD #CD4E92

square

#CDC94E #4ECD89 #4E52CD #CD4E92

split-complementary

#CDC94E #4E92CD #894ECD

monochromatic

#7D7A23 #ADA931 #CDC94E #DAD87E #E8E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC94E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC94E	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.143 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd985',
    500: '#cdc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc94e;
$custom-light: #dfd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81607,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC94E

secondary

#3A3D85

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC94E

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

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