#CDCC49#CDCC49

#CDCC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.150 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC49
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -15.61, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 64.77, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0485 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.15 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9739, 56.6473, 14.7090)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC49 #494ACD

analogous

#CD8A49 #CDCC49 #8CCD49

triadic

#CDCC49 #49CDCC #CC49CD

tetradic

#CDCC49 #49CD8A #494ACD #CD498C

square

#CDCC49 #49CD8A #494ACD #CD498C

split-complementary

#CDCC49 #498CCD #8A49CD

monochromatic

#7A7922 #AAA92F #CDCC49 #DAD979 #E7E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CDCC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC49

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC49	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.150 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb82',
    500: '#cdcc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc49;
$custom-light: #dfdb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82204,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC49

secondary

#383982

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC49

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

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