#CDCA81#CDCA81

#CDCA81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.094 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA81
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -9.77, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 38.11, 104.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0264 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.094 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2605, 56.8063, 29.0817)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA81 #8184CD

analogous

#CDA481 #CDCA81 #AACD81

triadic

#CDCA81 #81CDCA #CA81CD

tetradic

#CDCA81 #81CDA4 #8184CD #CD81AA

square

#CDCA81 #81CDA4 #8184CD #CD81AA

split-complementary

#CDCA81 #81AACD #A481CD

monochromatic

#97943C #BCB855 #CDCA81 #DEDCAD #F0EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#CDCA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA81

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA81	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.094 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddaa6',
    500: '#cdca81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca81;
$custom-light: #dddaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82477,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA81

secondary

#54579E

accent

#35B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA81

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

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