#CDCD32#CDCD32

#CDCD32 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.165 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD32
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -17.24, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 73.26, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0552 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.165 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5857, 56.8735, 11.4880)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD32 #3232CD

analogous

#CD8032 #CDCD32 #80CD32

triadic

#CDCD32 #32CDCD #CD32CD

tetradic

#CDCD32 #32CD80 #3232CD #CD3280

square

#CDCD32 #32CD80 #3232CD #CD3280

split-complementary

#CDCD32 #327FCD #7F32CD

monochromatic

#6B6B1A #9C9C26 #CDCD32 #D9D963 #E5E594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDCD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD32

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD32	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.165 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc77',
    500: '#cdcd32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd32;
$custom-light: #e0dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD32

secondary

#2F2F74

accent

#44E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD32

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

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