#CDCA44#CDCA44

#CDCA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.151 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA44
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -14.90, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 65.95, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.047 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.152 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3424, 55.6390, 13.7133)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA44 #4447CD

analogous

#CD8544 #CDCA44 #8BCD44

triadic

#CDCA44 #44CDCA #CA44CD

tetradic

#CDCA44 #44CD85 #4447CD #CD448B

square

#CDCA44 #44CD85 #4447CD #CD448B

split-complementary

#CDCA44 #448BCD #8544CD

monochromatic

#777520 #A7A42D #CDCA44 #DAD874 #E7E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDCA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA44

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA44	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.151 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97f',
    500: '#cdca44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca44;
$custom-light: #e0d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.1515,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA44

secondary

#36387F

accent

#4AE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA44

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

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