#CDC94F#CDC94F

#CDC94F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC94F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -13.73, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 61.15, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0425 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.142 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4763, 55.3184, 15.5723)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC94F #4F53CD

analogous

#CD8A4F #CDC94F #92CD4F

triadic

#CDC94F #4FCDC9 #C94FCD

tetradic

#CDC94F #4FCD8A #4F53CD #CD4F92

square

#CDC94F #4FCD8A #4F53CD #CD4F92

split-complementary

#CDC94F #4F92CD #8A4FCD

monochromatic

#7E7B24 #AEAA31 #CDC94F #DBD87F #E8E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC94F

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC94F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd986',
    500: '#cdc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc94f;
$custom-light: #dfd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC94F

secondary

#3B3D86

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC94F

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

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