#CDCC36#CDCC36

#CDCC36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.162 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC36
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -16.58, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 71.64, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.053 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.162 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4373, 56.4327, 11.8831)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC36 #3637CD

analogous

#CD8136 #CDCC36 #82CD36

triadic

#CDCC36 #36CDCC #CC36CD

tetradic

#CDCC36 #36CD81 #3637CD #CD3682

square

#CDCC36 #36CD81 #3637CD #CD3682

split-complementary

#CDCC36 #3682CD #8136CD

monochromatic

#6D6D1B #9E9E27 #CDCC36 #D9D867 #E5E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC36

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC36	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.162 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db78',
    500: '#cdcc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc36;
$custom-light: #e0db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82069,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC36

secondary

#303177

accent

#46E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC36

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

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