#CDCA4F#CDCA4F

#CDCA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA4F
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -14.23, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 61.54, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.044 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.143 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7102, 55.7861, 15.6502)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA4F #4F52CD

analogous

#CD8B4F #CDCA4F #91CD4F

triadic

#CDCA4F #4FCDCA #CA4FCD

tetradic

#CDCA4F #4FCD8B #4F52CD #CD4F91

square

#CDCA4F #4FCD8B #4F52CD #CD4F91

split-complementary

#CDCA4F #4F91CD #8B4FCD

monochromatic

#7E7C24 #AEAB31 #CDCA4F #DBD87F #E8E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDCA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA4F

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA4F	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd986',
    500: '#cdca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca4f;
$custom-light: #dfd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8183,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA4F

secondary

#3B3C86

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA4F

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

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