#CDCC40#CDCC40

#CDCC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC40
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -16.11, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 68.20, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0508 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(47.6968, 56.5365, 13.2496)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC40 #4041CD

analogous

#CD8540 #CDCC40 #88CD40

triadic

#CDCC40 #40CDCC #CC40CD

tetradic

#CDCC40 #40CD85 #4041CD #CD4088

square

#CDCC40 #40CD85 #4041CD #CD4088

split-complementary

#CDCC40 #4088CD #8540CD

monochromatic

#74741E #A5A42B #CDCC40 #DAD971 #E6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CDCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC40

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC40	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db7d',
    500: '#cdcc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc40;
$custom-light: #e0db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82134,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.56535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC40

secondary

#34357D

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC40

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

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