#CDCA57#CDCA57

#CDCA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA57
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -13.68, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 58.12, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0415 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.137 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0191, 55.9097, 17.2771)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA57 #575ACD

analogous

#CD8F57 #CDCA57 #95CD57

triadic

#CDCA57 #57CDCA #CA57CD

tetradic

#CDCA57 #57CD8F #575ACD #CD5795

square

#CDCA57 #57CD8F #575ACD #CD5795

split-complementary

#CDCA57 #5795CD #8F57CD

monochromatic

#838027 #B2AF35 #CDCA57 #DBD986 #E9E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA57

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA57	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98b',
    500: '#cdca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca57;
$custom-light: #dfd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA57

secondary

#3E408A

accent

#4EDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA57

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

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