#CDCC39#CDCC39

#CDCC39 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.160 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC39
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -16.45, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 70.65, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0524 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.16 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5100, 56.4617, 12.2657)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC39 #393ACD

analogous

#CD8239 #CDCC39 #84CD39

triadic

#CDCC39 #39CDCC #CC39CD

tetradic

#CDCC39 #39CD82 #393ACD #CD3984

square

#CDCC39 #39CD82 #393ACD #CD3984

split-complementary

#CDCC39 #3984CD #8239CD

monochromatic

#6F6F1C #A0A028 #CDCC39 #D9D96A #E6E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC39

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC39	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)

#DDC31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.160 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db7a',
    500: '#cdcc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc39;
$custom-light: #e0db7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.595,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82087,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC39

secondary

#323279

accent

#46E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC39

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

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