#CDCD44#CDCD44

#CDCD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.154 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD44
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -16.39, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 67.09, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0512 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0532, 57.0605, 13.9502)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD44 #4444CD

analogous

#CD8844 #CDCD44 #88CD44

triadic

#CDCD44 #44CDCD #CD44CD

tetradic

#CDCD44 #44CD88 #4444CD #CD4488

square

#CDCD44 #44CD88 #4444CD #CD4488

split-complementary

#CDCD44 #4488CD #8844CD

monochromatic

#777720 #A7A72D #CDCD44 #DADA74 #E7E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CDCD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD44

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD44	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)

#DDC530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc80',
    500: '#cdcd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd44;
$custom-light: #e0dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82379,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD44

secondary

#36367F

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD44

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

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