#CDCA62#CDCA62

#CDCA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.127 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA62
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -12.82, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 53.16, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0379 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.127 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5032, 56.1034, 19.8269)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA62 #6265CD

analogous

#CD9562 #CDCA62 #9BCD62

triadic

#CDCA62 #62CDCA #CA62CD

tetradic

#CDCA62 #62CD95 #6265CD #CD629B

square

#CDCA62 #62CD95 #6265CD #CD629B

split-complementary

#CDCA62 #629BCD #9562CD

monochromatic

#89862C #B7B43A #CDCA62 #DCDA90 #EBE9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDCA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA62

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA62	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)

#D8C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.127 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded991',
    500: '#cdca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca62;
$custom-light: #ded991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82032,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA62

secondary

#434690

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA62

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

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