#CDCA61#CDCA61

#CDCA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA61
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -12.91, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 53.62, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0383 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.128 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4563, 56.0846, 19.5798)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA61 #6164CD

analogous

#CD9461 #CDCA61 #9ACD61

triadic

#CDCA61 #61CDCA #CA61CD

tetradic

#CDCA61 #61CD94 #6164CD #CD619A

square

#CDCA61 #61CD94 #6164CD #CD619A

split-complementary

#CDCA61 #619ACD #9461CD

monochromatic

#88862B #B7B33A #CDCA61 #DCDA8F #EAE9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA61

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA61	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded991',
    500: '#cdca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca61;
$custom-light: #ded991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8202,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA61

secondary

#43458F

accent

#50DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA61

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

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