#CDCA52#CDCA52

#CDCA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA52
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -14.03, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 60.28, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0431 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.141 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8219, 55.8308, 16.2383)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA52 #5255CD

analogous

#CD8D52 #CDCA52 #93CD52

triadic

#CDCA52 #52CDCA #CA52CD

tetradic

#CDCA52 #52CD8D #5255CD #CD5293

square

#CDCA52 #52CD8D #5255CD #CD5293

split-complementary

#CDCA52 #5293CD #8D52CD

monochromatic

#807D25 #AFAC33 #CDCA52 #DBD981 #E8E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDCA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA52

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA52	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd987',
    500: '#cdca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca52;
$custom-light: #dfd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81858,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA52

secondary

#3C3E87

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA52

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

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