#CDD74A#CDD74A

#CDD74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.161 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD74A
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 65.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -20.98, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 68.82, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0635 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.161 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7147, 62.0755, 15.7874)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD74A #544AD7

analogous

#D79B4A #CDD74A #87D74A

triadic

#CDD74A #4ACDD7 #D74ACD

tetradic

#CDD74A #4AD79B #544AD7 #D74A87

square

#CDD74A #4AD79B #544AD7 #D74A87

split-complementary

#CDD74A #4A87D7 #9B4AD7

monochromatic

#81881E #B0BB29 #CDD74A #DBE27C #E9EDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#CDD74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD74A

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD74A	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.161 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe384',
    500: '#cdd74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd74a;
$custom-light: #dfe384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.255,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84583,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD74A

secondary

#3D378F

accent

#41E74D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD74A

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

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