#CDCA60#CDCA60

#CDCA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.129 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA60
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -12.99, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 54.08, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0386 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.129 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4100, 56.0661, 19.3358)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA60 #6063CD

analogous

#CD9460 #CDCA60 #9ACD60

triadic

#CDCA60 #60CDCA #CA60CD

tetradic

#CDCA60 #60CD94 #6063CD #CD609A

square

#CDCA60 #60CD94 #6063CD #CD609A

split-complementary

#CDCA60 #609ACD #9460CD

monochromatic

#88852B #B6B339 #CDCA60 #DCDA8F #EAE9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDCA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA60

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA60	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)

#D9C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.129 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded990',
    500: '#cdca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca60;
$custom-light: #ded990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82008,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA60

secondary

#42458F

accent

#50DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA60

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

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