#CDA939#CDA939

#CDA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA939
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 1.61, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 59.76, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0013 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.133 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1056, 41.6529, 9.7975)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA939 #395DCD

analogous

#CD5F39 #CDA939 #A7CD39

triadic

#CDA939 #39CDA9 #A939CD

tetradic

#CDA939 #39CD5F #395DCD #CD39A7

square

#CDA939 #39CD5F #395DCD #CD39A7

split-complementary

#CDA939 #39A7CD #5F39CD

monochromatic

#6F5B1C #A08328 #CDA939 #D9BE6A #E6D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CDA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA939

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA939	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#cda939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda939;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74748,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA939

secondary

#90A0D2

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA939

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

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