#CDCA3F#CDCA3F

#CDCA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.155 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA3F
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 63)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -15.16, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 67.82, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0482 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.155 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1963, 55.5806, 12.9437)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA3F #3F42CD

analogous

#CD833F #CDCA3F #89CD3F

triadic

#CDCA3F #3FCDCA #CA3FCD

tetradic

#CDCA3F #3FCD83 #3F42CD #CD3F89

square

#CDCA3F #3FCD83 #3F42CD #CD3F89

split-complementary

#CDCA3F #3F89CD #833FCD

monochromatic

#74721E #A4A22B #CDCA3F #DAD770 #E6E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDCA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA3F

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA3F	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.155 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97d',
    500: '#cdca3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca3f;
$custom-light: #e0d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA3F

secondary

#34357C

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA3F

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

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