#CDCD48#CDCD48

#CDCD48 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	#CDCD48
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -16.17, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 65.56, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0502 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.152 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1794, 57.1110, 14.6152)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD48 #4848CD

analogous

#CD8B48 #CDCD48 #8BCD48

triadic

#CDCD48 #48CDCD #CD48CD

tetradic

#CDCD48 #48CD8B #4848CD #CD488B

square

#CDCD48 #48CD8B #4848CD #CD488B

split-complementary

#CDCD48 #488BCD #8B48CD

monochromatic

#797921 #A9A92E #CDCD48 #DADA78 #E7E7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD48

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD48	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)

#DDC536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc82',
    500: '#cdcd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd48;
$custom-light: #dfdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8241,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD48

secondary

#383882

accent

#47E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD48

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

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