#CDCA3D#CDCA3D

#CDCA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.156 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA3D
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -15.26, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 68.54, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0487 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.156 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1414, 55.5586, 12.6546)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA3D #3D40CD

analogous

#CD823D #CDCA3D #88CD3D

triadic

#CDCA3D #3DCDCA #CA3DCD

tetradic

#CDCA3D #3DCD82 #3D40CD #CD3D88

square

#CDCA3D #3DCD82 #3D40CD #CD3D88

split-complementary

#CDCA3D #3D88CD #823DCD

monochromatic

#72701D #A3A02A #CDCA3D #DAD76E #E6E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CDCA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA3D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA3D	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.156 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97c',
    500: '#cdca3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca3d;
$custom-light: #e0d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA3D

secondary

#33357B

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA3D

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

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