#CDCA59#CDCA59

#CDCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA59
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -13.53, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 57.24, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0409 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.135 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1019, 55.9428, 17.7134)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA59 #595CCD

analogous

#CD9059 #CDCA59 #96CD59

triadic

#CDCA59 #59CDCA #CA59CD

tetradic

#CDCA59 #59CD90 #595CCD #CD5996

square

#CDCA59 #59CD90 #595CCD #CD5996

split-complementary

#CDCA59 #5996CD #9059CD

monochromatic

#848128 #B3B036 #CDCA59 #DBD988 #E9E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CDCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA59

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA59	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98c',
    500: '#cdca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca59;
$custom-light: #dfd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA59

secondary

#3F418B

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA59

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

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