#CDCA39#CDCA39

#CDCA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.158 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA39
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -15.45, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 69.93, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0496 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.158 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0377, 55.5171, 12.1082)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA39 #393CCD

analogous

#CD8039 #CDCA39 #86CD39

triadic

#CDCA39 #39CDCA #CA39CD

tetradic

#CDCA39 #39CD80 #393CCD #CD3986

square

#CDCA39 #39CD80 #393CCD #CD3986

split-complementary

#CDCA39 #3986CD #8039CD

monochromatic

#6F6E1C #A09E28 #CDCA39 #D9D76A #E6E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDCA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CDCA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA39

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA39	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.158 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97a',
    500: '#cdca39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca39;
$custom-light: #e0d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81658,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA39

secondary

#323379

accent

#48E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA39

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

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