#CDCA5A#CDCA5A

#CDCA5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA5A
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -13.46, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 56.79, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0406 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.134 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1442, 55.9598, 17.9361)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA5A #5A5DCD

analogous

#CD915A #CDCA5A #96CD5A

triadic

#CDCA5A #5ACDCA #CA5ACD

tetradic

#CDCA5A #5ACD91 #5A5DCD #CD5A96

square

#CDCA5A #5ACD91 #5A5DCD #CD5A96

split-complementary

#CDCA5A #5A96CD #915ACD

monochromatic

#848228 #B3B036 #CDCA5A #DBD989 #E9E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CDCA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA5A

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA5A	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)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98c',
    500: '#cdca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca5a;
$custom-light: #dfd98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8194,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA5A

secondary

#40428C

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA5A

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

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