#CDCA56#CDCA56

#CDCA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.138 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA56
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -13.75, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 58.56, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0418 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.138 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9785, 55.8935, 17.0635)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA56 #5659CD

analogous

#CD8E56 #CDCA56 #95CD56

triadic

#CDCA56 #56CDCA #CA56CD

tetradic

#CDCA56 #56CD8E #5659CD #CD5695

square

#CDCA56 #56CD8E #5659CD #CD5695

split-complementary

#CDCA56 #5695CD #8E56CD

monochromatic

#828026 #B1AE34 #CDCA56 #DBD985 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA56

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA56	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)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.138 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98a',
    500: '#cdca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca56;
$custom-light: #dfd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA56

secondary

#3E4089

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA56

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

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