#CDCA4C#CDCA4C

#CDCA4C 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	#CDCA4C
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -14.43, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 62.78, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0448 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.146 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6035, 55.7434, 15.0881)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4C #4C4FCD

analogous

#CD8A4C #CDCA4C #8FCD4C

triadic

#CDCA4C #4CCDCA #CA4CCD

tetradic

#CDCA4C #4CCD8A #4C4FCD #CD4C8F

square

#CDCA4C #4CCD8A #4C4FCD #CD4C8F

split-complementary

#CDCA4C #4C8FCD #8A4CCD

monochromatic

#7C7A23 #ACA930 #CDCA4C #DAD87C #E8E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDCA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4C	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)

#DAC23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd984',
    500: '#cdca4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4c;
$custom-light: #dfd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81802,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4C

secondary

#393B84

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4C

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

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