#CDCA5F#CDCA5F

#CDCA5F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.130 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA5F
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -13.07, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 54.54, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0389 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.13 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3642, 56.0478, 19.0949)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA5F #5F62CD

analogous

#CD935F #CDCA5F #99CD5F

triadic

#CDCA5F #5FCDCA #CA5FCD

tetradic

#CDCA5F #5FCD93 #5F62CD #CD5F99

square

#CDCA5F #5FCD93 #5F62CD #CD5F99

split-complementary

#CDCA5F #5F99CD #935FCD

monochromatic

#87852A #B6B339 #CDCA5F #DCD98E #EAE9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDCA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA5F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA5F	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)

#D9C354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.130 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded990',
    500: '#cdca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca5f;
$custom-light: #ded990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81996,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA5F

secondary

#42448E

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA5F

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

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