#FFCD34#FFCD34

#FFCD34 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.165 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD34
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 79.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, 4.04, 76.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 76.38, 86.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% 0.0025 0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.165 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6951, 65.1749, 12.4733)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD34 #3466FF

analogous

#FF6834 #FFCD34 #CBFF34

triadic

#FFCD34 #34FFCD #CD34FF

tetradic

#FFCD34 #34FF68 #3466FF #FF34CB

square

#FFCD34 #34FF68 #3466FF #FF34CB

split-complementary

#FFCD34 #34CBFF #6834FF

monochromatic

#B98B00 #F6B900 #FFCD34 #FFDC71 #FFEBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FFCD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#FFCD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD34

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD34	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CB09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2D93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.165 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb79',
    500: '#ffcd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd34;
$custom-light: #ffdb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.222,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86856,
    "c": 0.16466,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD34

secondary

#2045B7

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD34

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

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