#CDCD43#CDCD43

#CDCD43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.155 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD43
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -16.45, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 67.47, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0515 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.155 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0229, 57.0484, 13.7909)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD43 #4343CD

analogous

#CD8843 #CDCD43 #88CD43

triadic

#CDCD43 #43CDCD #CD43CD

tetradic

#CDCD43 #43CD88 #4343CD #CD4388

square

#CDCD43 #43CD88 #4343CD #CD4388

split-complementary

#CDCD43 #4388CD #8843CD

monochromatic

#76761F #A7A72C #CDCD43 #DADA73 #E7E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CDCD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD43

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD43	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.155 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7f',
    500: '#cdcd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd43;
$custom-light: #e0dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82371,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD43

secondary

#36367F

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD43

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

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