#CDA839#CDA839

#CDA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.132 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA839
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 2.15, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.52, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0003 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.132 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9202, 41.2823, 9.7357)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA839 #395ECD

analogous

#CD5E39 #CDA839 #A8CD39

triadic

#CDA839 #39CDA8 #A839CD

tetradic

#CDA839 #39CD5E #395ECD #CD39A8

square

#CDA839 #39CD5E #395ECD #CD39A8

split-complementary

#CDA839 #39A8CD #5E39CD

monochromatic

#6F5B1C #A08228 #CDA839 #D9BD6A #E6D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#CDA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA839

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA839	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.132 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c176',
    500: '#cda839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda839;
$custom-light: #e0c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74545,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA839

secondary

#90A1D2

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA839

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

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