#CDCD40#CDCD40

#CDCD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.157 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD40
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -16.61, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 68.57, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0522 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.157 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9352, 57.0133, 13.3291)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD40 #4040CD

analogous

#CD8640 #CDCD40 #86CD40

triadic

#CDCD40 #40CDCD #CD40CD

tetradic

#CDCD40 #40CD86 #4040CD #CD4086

square

#CDCD40 #40CD86 #4040CD #CD4086

split-complementary

#CDCD40 #4086CD #8640CD

monochromatic

#74741E #A5A52B #CDCD40 #DADA71 #E6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CDCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD40

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD40	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)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.157 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7d',
    500: '#cdcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd40;
$custom-light: #e0dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82349,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD40

secondary

#34347D

accent

#46E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD40

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

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