#CDCC66#CDCC66

#CDCC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.125 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC66
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -13.49, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 52.16, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0394 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.125 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1691, 57.1254, 21.0040)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC66 #6667CD

analogous

#CD9866 #CDCC66 #9BCD66

triadic

#CDCC66 #66CDCC #CC66CD

tetradic

#CDCC66 #66CD98 #6667CD #CD669B

square

#CDCC66 #66CD98 #6667CD #CD669B

split-complementary

#CDCC66 #669BCD #9866CD

monochromatic

#8B8A2D #B9B83D #CDCC66 #DCDB94 #EBEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC66

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC66	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.125 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb94',
    500: '#cdcc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc66;
$custom-light: #dedb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.417,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82506,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC66

secondary

#454692

accent

#29BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC66

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

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