#CDCD34#CDCD34

#CDCD34 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.164 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD34
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 52)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -17.16, 70.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 72.64, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0548 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.164 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6298, 56.8912, 11.7203)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD34 #3434CD

analogous

#CD8034 #CDCD34 #80CD34

triadic

#CDCD34 #34CDCD #CD34CD

tetradic

#CDCD34 #34CD80 #3434CD #CD3480

square

#CDCD34 #34CD80 #3434CD #CD3480

split-complementary

#CDCD34 #3480CD #8034CD

monochromatic

#6C6C1B #9D9D27 #CDCD34 #D9D965 #E5E596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDCD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD34

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD34	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC40E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.164 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc77',
    500: '#cdcd34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd34;
$custom-light: #e0dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD34

secondary

#303076

accent

#44E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD34

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

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