#CDC43A#CDC43A

#CDC43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC43A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -12.38, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 67.46, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0409 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.152 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6823, 52.7662, 11.7807)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC43A #3A43CD

analogous

#CD7B3A #CDC43A #8CCD3A

triadic

#CDC43A #3ACDC4 #C43ACD

tetradic

#CDC43A #3ACD7B #3A43CD #CD3A8C

square

#CDC43A #3ACD7B #3A43CD #CD3A8C

split-complementary

#CDC43A #3A8CCD #7B3ACD

monochromatic

#706B1C #A19A29 #CDC43A #D9D36B #E6E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC43A

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC43A	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d579',
    500: '#cdc43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc43a;
$custom-light: #e0d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC43A

secondary

#323679

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC43A

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

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