#CDCA4E#CDCA4E

#CDCA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA4E
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -14.30, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 61.96, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0443 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.144 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6741, 55.7717, 15.4600)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4E #4E51CD

analogous

#CD8B4E #CDCA4E #90CD4E

triadic

#CDCA4E #4ECDCA #CA4ECD

tetradic

#CDCA4E #4ECD8B #4E51CD #CD4E90

square

#CDCA4E #4ECD8B #4E51CD #CD4E90

split-complementary

#CDCA4E #4E90CD #8B4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7B23 #ADAA31 #CDCA4E #DAD87E #E8E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDCA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4E	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)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd985',
    500: '#cdca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4e;
$custom-light: #dfd985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8182,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4E

secondary

#3A3C85

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4E

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

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