#CDCD36#CDCD36

#CDCD36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.163 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD36
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -17.07, 69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 72.00, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0544 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.163 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6758, 56.9096, 11.9626)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD36 #3636CD

analogous

#CD8136 #CDCD36 #81CD36

triadic

#CDCD36 #36CDCD #CD36CD

tetradic

#CDCD36 #36CD81 #3636CD #CD3681

square

#CDCD36 #36CD81 #3636CD #CD3681

split-complementary

#CDCD36 #3681CD #8136CD

monochromatic

#6D6D1B #9E9E27 #CDCD36 #D9D967 #E5E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDCD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD36

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD36	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)

#DEC414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.163 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc78',
    500: '#cdcd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd36;
$custom-light: #e0dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82284,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD36

secondary

#303077

accent

#44E344

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD36

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

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