#CDCA54#CDCA54

#CDCA54 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.139 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA54
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 59%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -13.90, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 59.42, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0425 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.139 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8991, 55.8617, 16.6450)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA54 #5457CD

analogous

#CD8E54 #CDCA54 #94CD54

triadic

#CDCA54 #54CDCA #CA54CD

tetradic

#CDCA54 #54CD8E #5457CD #CD5494

square

#CDCA54 #54CD8E #5457CD #CD5494

split-complementary

#CDCA54 #5494CD #8E54CD

monochromatic

#817F26 #B0AD34 #CDCA54 #DBD983 #E9E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#CDCA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA54

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA54	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)

#D9C347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd989',
    500: '#cdca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca54;
$custom-light: #dfd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81878,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA54

secondary

#3D3F88

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA54

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

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