#CDCA49#CDCA49

#CDCA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA49
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -14.61, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 64.00, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0457 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.148 108)
XYZ	xyz(47.5016, 55.7027, 14.5515)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA49 #494CCD

analogous

#CD8849 #CDCA49 #8ECD49

triadic

#CDCA49 #49CDCA #CA49CD

tetradic

#CDCA49 #49CD88 #494CCD #CD498E

square

#CDCA49 #49CD88 #494CCD #CD498E

split-complementary

#CDCA49 #498ECD #8849CD

monochromatic

#7A7822 #AAA72F #CDCA49 #DAD879 #E7E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CDCA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA49

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA49	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)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd982',
    500: '#cdca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca49;
$custom-light: #dfd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.55701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA49

secondary

#383A82

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA49

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

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