#CDCA41#CDCA41

#CDCA41 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	#CDCA41
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -15.06, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 67.08, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0477 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.154 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2532, 55.6033, 13.2434)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA41 #4144CD

analogous

#CD8441 #CDCA41 #8ACD41

triadic

#CDCA41 #41CDCA #CA41CD

tetradic

#CDCA41 #41CD84 #4144CD #CD418A

square

#CDCA41 #41CD84 #4144CD #CD418A

split-complementary

#CDCA41 #418ACD #8441CD

monochromatic

#75731F #A5A32C #CDCA41 #DAD871 #E6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDCA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA41

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA41	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)

#DAC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.154 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#cdca41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca41;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81713,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA41

secondary

#35367D

accent

#4AE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA41

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

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