#CDCA5B#CDCA5B

#CDCA5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA5B
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -13.38, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 56.35, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0403 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.133 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1871, 55.9769, 18.1618)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA5B #5B5ECD

analogous

#CD915B #CDCA5B #97CD5B

triadic

#CDCA5B #5BCDCA #CA5BCD

tetradic

#CDCA5B #5BCD91 #5B5ECD #CD5B97

square

#CDCA5B #5BCD91 #5B5ECD #CD5B97

split-complementary

#CDCA5B #5B97CD #915BCD

monochromatic

#858329 #B4B137 #CDCA5B #DBD98A #EAE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CDCA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA5B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA5B	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98d',
    500: '#cdca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca5b;
$custom-light: #dfd98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81951,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA5B

secondary

#40428C

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA5B

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

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