#CDCD46#CDCD46

#CDCD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.153 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD46
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -16.28, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 66.33, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0507 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.153 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1153, 57.0854, 14.2772)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD46 #4646CD

analogous

#CD8A46 #CDCD46 #8ACD46

triadic

#CDCD46 #46CDCD #CD46CD

tetradic

#CDCD46 #46CD8A #4646CD #CD468A

square

#CDCD46 #46CD8A #4646CD #CD468A

split-complementary

#CDCD46 #468ACD #8A46CD

monochromatic

#787820 #A8A82D #CDCD46 #DADA76 #E7E7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD46

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD46	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.153 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc81',
    500: '#cdcd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd46;
$custom-light: #e0dc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82394,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD46

secondary

#373780

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD46

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

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