#CDCA4B#CDCA4B

#CDCA4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA4B
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -14.49, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 63.19, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0451 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.146 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5690, 55.7296, 14.9064)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4B #4B4ECD

analogous

#CD894B #CDCA4B #8FCD4B

triadic

#CDCA4B #4BCDCA #CA4BCD

tetradic

#CDCA4B #4BCD89 #4B4ECD #CD4B8F

square

#CDCA4B #4BCD89 #4B4ECD #CD4B8F

split-complementary

#CDCA4B #4B8FCD #894BCD

monochromatic

#7B7922 #ABA830 #CDCA4B #DAD87B #E8E6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDCA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4B	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd983',
    500: '#cdca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4b;
$custom-light: #dfd983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81794,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4B

secondary

#393B83

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4B

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

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