#CDCA4A#CDCA4A

#CDCA4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.147 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA4A
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -14.55, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 63.59, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0454 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.147 108)
XYZ	xyz(47.5350, 55.7161, 14.7275)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4A #4A4DCD

analogous

#CD894A #CDCA4A #8FCD4A

triadic

#CDCA4A #4ACDCA #CA4ACD

tetradic

#CDCA4A #4ACD89 #4A4DCD #CD4A8F

square

#CDCA4A #4ACD89 #4A4DCD #CD4A8F

split-complementary

#CDCA4A #4A8FCD #894ACD

monochromatic

#7B7922 #ABA82F #CDCA4A #DAD87A #E7E6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#CDCA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4A	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)

#DAC239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.147 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd983',
    500: '#cdca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4a;
$custom-light: #dfd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81785,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.55715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4A

secondary

#383A83

accent

#4BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4A

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

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