#CDCA34#CDCA34

#CDCA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.161 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA34
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 52)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -15.66, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 71.57, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0507 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.161 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9190, 55.4697, 11.4834)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA34 #3437CD

analogous

#CD7E34 #CDCA34 #83CD34

triadic

#CDCA34 #34CDCA #CA34CD

tetradic

#CDCA34 #34CD7E #3437CD #CD3483

square

#CDCA34 #34CD7E #3437CD #CD3483

split-complementary

#CDCA34 #3483CD #7E34CD

monochromatic

#6C6A1B #9D9B27 #CDCA34 #D9D765 #E5E496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDCA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CDCA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA34

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA34	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.161 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d977',
    500: '#cdca34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca34;
$custom-light: #e0d977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81627,
    "c": 0.16125,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA34

secondary

#303176

accent

#47E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA34

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

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