#CDCD3E#CDCD3E

#CDCD3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.158 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD3E
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -16.71, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 69.29, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0527 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.158 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8793, 56.9910, 13.0347)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD3E #3E3ECD

analogous

#CD863E #CDCD3E #86CD3E

triadic

#CDCD3E #3ECDCD #CD3ECD

tetradic

#CDCD3E #3ECD86 #3E3ECD #CD3E86

square

#CDCD3E #3ECD86 #3E3ECD #CD3E86

split-complementary

#CDCD3E #3E86CD #863ECD

monochromatic

#73731E #A3A32A #CDCD3E #DADA6F #E6E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CDCD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD3E

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD3E	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.158 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7c',
    500: '#cdcd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd3e;
$custom-light: #e0dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82335,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD3E

secondary

#34347C

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD3E

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

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