#CDCA74#CDCA74

#CDCA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.109 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA74
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -11.16, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 44.58, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0314 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.109 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4507, 56.4823, 24.8168)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA74 #7477CD

analogous

#CD9E74 #CDCA74 #A3CD74

triadic

#CDCA74 #74CDCA #CA74CD

tetradic

#CDCA74 #74CD9E #7477CD #CD74A3

square

#CDCA74 #74CD9E #7477CD #CD74A3

split-complementary

#CDCA74 #74A3CD #9E74CD

monochromatic

#928F35 #BDB947 #CDCA74 #DDDBA1 #EDECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CDCA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA74

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA74	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.109 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda9d',
    500: '#cdca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca74;
$custom-light: #deda9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA74

secondary

#4D4F98

accent

#30BA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA74

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

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