#CDCD49#CDCD49

#CDCD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.151 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD49
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -16.11, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 65.16, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0499 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.151 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2123, 57.1242, 14.7884)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD49 #4949CD

analogous

#CD8B49 #CDCD49 #8BCD49

triadic

#CDCD49 #49CDCD #CD49CD

tetradic

#CDCD49 #49CD8B #4949CD #CD498B

square

#CDCD49 #49CD8B #4949CD #CD498B

split-complementary

#CDCD49 #498BCD #8B49CD

monochromatic

#7A7A22 #AAAA2F #CDCD49 #DADA79 #E7E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD49

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD49	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)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.151 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc82',
    500: '#cdcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd49;
$custom-light: #dfdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD49

secondary

#383882

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD49

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

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