#CDCA48#CDCA48

#CDCA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.149 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA48
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -14.67, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 64.39, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0459 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.149 108)
XYZ	xyz(47.4687, 55.6895, 14.3783)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA48 #484BCD

analogous

#CD8848 #CDCA48 #8DCD48

triadic

#CDCA48 #48CDCA #CA48CD

tetradic

#CDCA48 #48CD88 #484BCD #CD488D

square

#CDCA48 #48CD88 #484BCD #CD488D

split-complementary

#CDCA48 #488DCD #8848CD

monochromatic

#797721 #A9A72E #CDCA48 #DAD878 #E7E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CDCA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA48

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA48	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.149 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd982',
    500: '#cdca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca48;
$custom-light: #dfd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81768,
    "c": 0.14869,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.55688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA48

secondary

#383982

accent

#4BE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA48

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

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