#CDCC42#CDCC42

#CDCC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.155 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC42
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -16.00, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 67.46, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0503 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.155 109)
XYZ	xyz(47.7547, 56.5596, 13.5547)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC42 #4243CD

analogous

#CD8642 #CDCC42 #89CD42

triadic

#CDCC42 #42CDCC #CC42CD

tetradic

#CDCC42 #42CD86 #4243CD #CD4289

square

#CDCC42 #42CD86 #4243CD #CD4289

split-complementary

#CDCC42 #4289CD #8642CD

monochromatic

#76751F #A6A52C #CDCC42 #DAD972 #E7E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CDCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC42

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db7e',
    500: '#cdcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc42;
$custom-light: #e0db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82149,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.56558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC42

secondary

#35367E

accent

#48E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC42

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

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