#CDCC44#CDCC44

#CDCC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.153 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC44
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -15.90, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 66.71, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0498 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.153 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8147, 56.5836, 13.8707)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC44 #4445CD

analogous

#CD8744 #CDCC44 #89CD44

triadic

#CDCC44 #44CDCC #CC44CD

tetradic

#CDCC44 #44CD87 #4445CD #CD4489

square

#CDCC44 #44CD87 #4445CD #CD4489

split-complementary

#CDCC44 #4489CD #8744CD

monochromatic

#777620 #A7A62D #CDCC44 #DAD974 #E7E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CDCC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC44

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC44	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.153 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db80',
    500: '#cdcc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc44;
$custom-light: #e0db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82164,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC44

secondary

#36367F

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC44

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

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