#CDCD47#CDCD47

#CDCD47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD47
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -16.23, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 65.95, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0504 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.152 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1471, 57.0981, 14.4448)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD47 #4747CD

analogous

#CD8A47 #CDCD47 #8ACD47

triadic

#CDCD47 #47CDCD #CD47CD

tetradic

#CDCD47 #47CD8A #4747CD #CD478A

square

#CDCD47 #47CD8A #4747CD #CD478A

split-complementary

#CDCD47 #478ACD #8A47CD

monochromatic

#797921 #A9A92E #CDCD47 #DADA77 #E7E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD47

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD47	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)

#DDC534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc81',
    500: '#cdcd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd47;
$custom-light: #dfdc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82402,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD47

secondary

#373781

accent

#47E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD47

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

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