#CDCA50#CDCA50

#CDCA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA50
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -14.17, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 61.13, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0437 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.143 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7469, 55.8008, 15.8434)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA50 #5053CD

analogous

#CD8B50 #CDCA50 #91CD50

triadic

#CDCA50 #50CDCA #CA50CD

tetradic

#CDCA50 #50CD8B #5053CD #CD5091

square

#CDCA50 #50CD8B #5053CD #CD5091

split-complementary

#CDCA50 #5091CD #8B50CD

monochromatic

#7E7C24 #AEAB32 #CDCA50 #DBD880 #E8E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDCA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA50

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA50	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)

#DAC241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd986',
    500: '#cdca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca50;
$custom-light: #dfd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81839,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA50

secondary

#3B3D86

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA50

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

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