#CDD74C#CDD74C

#CDD74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.159 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD74C
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 76)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 64.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -20.86, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 68.05, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.063 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.159 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7832, 62.1028, 16.1480)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD74C #564CD7

analogous

#D79C4C #CDD74C #87D74C

triadic

#CDD74C #4CCDD7 #D74CCD

tetradic

#CDD74C #4CD79C #564CD7 #D74C87

square

#CDD74C #4CD79C #564CD7 #D74C87

split-complementary

#CDD74C #4C87D7 #9C4CD7

monochromatic

#828A1F #B1BC2A #CDD74C #DBE27E #E9EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDD74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#CDD74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD74C

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD74C	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.159 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe385',
    500: '#cdd74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd74c;
$custom-light: #dfe385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84599,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD74C

secondary

#3E3790

accent

#41E64D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD74C

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

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