#CDCD45#CDCD45

#CDCD45 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	#CDCD45
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -16.34, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 66.71, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.051 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.154 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0839, 57.0728, 14.1123)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD45 #4545CD

analogous

#CD8945 #CDCD45 #89CD45

triadic

#CDCD45 #45CDCD #CD45CD

tetradic

#CDCD45 #45CD89 #4545CD #CD4589

square

#CDCD45 #45CD89 #4545CD #CD4589

split-complementary

#CDCD45 #4589CD #8945CD

monochromatic

#777720 #A8A82D #CDCD45 #DADA75 #E7E7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#CDCD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD45

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD45	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)

#DDC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.154 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc80',
    500: '#cdcd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd45;
$custom-light: #e0dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82386,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD45

secondary

#363680

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD45

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

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