#CDCA5E#CDCA5E

#CDCA5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA5E
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -13.15, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 54.99, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0393 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.131 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3191, 56.0297, 18.8570)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA5E #5E61CD

analogous

#CD925E #CDCA5E #98CD5E

triadic

#CDCA5E #5ECDCA #CA5ECD

tetradic

#CDCA5E #5ECD92 #5E61CD #CD5E98

square

#CDCA5E #5ECD92 #5E61CD #CD5E98

split-complementary

#CDCA5E #5E98CD #925ECD

monochromatic

#87842A #B5B238 #CDCA5E #DCD98D #EAE9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDCA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA5E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA5E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98f',
    500: '#cdca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca5e;
$custom-light: #dfd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81985,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA5E

secondary

#41448E

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA5E

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

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