#CDCA53#CDCA53

#CDCA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA53
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -13.97, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 59.85, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0428 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.14 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8602, 55.8461, 16.4402)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA53 #5356CD

analogous

#CD8D53 #CDCA53 #93CD53

triadic

#CDCA53 #53CDCA #CA53CD

tetradic

#CDCA53 #53CD8D #5356CD #CD5393

square

#CDCA53 #53CD8D #5356CD #CD5393

split-complementary

#CDCA53 #5393CD #8D53CD

monochromatic

#807E25 #B0AD33 #CDCA53 #DBD982 #E9E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDCA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA53

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA53	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)

#D9C345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd988',
    500: '#cdca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca53;
$custom-light: #dfd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81868,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA53

secondary

#3C3E88

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA53

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

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