#CDCA40#CDCA40

#CDCA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.154 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA40
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -15.11, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 67.45, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.048 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.154 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2245, 55.5919, 13.0922)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA40 #4043CD

analogous

#CD8340 #CDCA40 #8ACD40

triadic

#CDCA40 #40CDCA #CA40CD

tetradic

#CDCA40 #40CD83 #4043CD #CD408A

square

#CDCA40 #40CD83 #4043CD #CD408A

split-complementary

#CDCA40 #408ACD #8340CD

monochromatic

#74721E #A5A22B #CDCA40 #DAD771 #E6E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA40

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA40	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)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.154 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97d',
    500: '#cdca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca40;
$custom-light: #e0d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA40

secondary

#34367D

accent

#49E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA40

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

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