#CDCA4D#CDCA4D

#CDCA4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.145 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA4D
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -14.36, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 62.37, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0445 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.145 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6385, 55.7575, 15.2726)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4D #4D50CD

analogous

#CD8A4D #CDCA4D #90CD4D

triadic

#CDCA4D #4DCDCA #CA4DCD

tetradic

#CDCA4D #4DCD8A #4D50CD #CD4D90

square

#CDCA4D #4DCD8A #4D50CD #CD4D90

split-complementary

#CDCA4D #4D90CD #8A4DCD

monochromatic

#7D7A23 #ACA930 #CDCA4D #DAD87D #E8E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDCA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4D

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4D	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)

#DAC23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.145 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd984',
    500: '#cdca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4d;
$custom-light: #dfd984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81811,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4D

secondary

#3A3B84

accent

#4CDF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4D

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

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