#CDCA55#CDCA55

#CDCA55 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 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA55
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -13.83, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 58.99, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0422 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.139 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9385, 55.8775, 16.8528)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA55 #5558CD

analogous

#CD8E55 #CDCA55 #94CD55

triadic

#CDCA55 #55CDCA #CA55CD

tetradic

#CDCA55 #55CD8E #5558CD #CD5594

square

#CDCA55 #55CD8E #5558CD #CD5594

split-complementary

#CDCA55 #5594CD #8E55CD

monochromatic

#827F26 #B1AE34 #CDCA55 #DBD984 #E9E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA55

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA55	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd989',
    500: '#cdca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca55;
$custom-light: #dfd989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81888,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA55

secondary

#3D3F89

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA55

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

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