#CDCD4A#CDCD4A

#CDCD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.150 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD4A
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -16.05, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 64.77, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0496 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.15 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2457, 57.1376, 14.9645)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD4A #4A4ACD

analogous

#CD8C4A #CDCD4A #8CCD4A

triadic

#CDCD4A #4ACDCD #CD4ACD

tetradic

#CDCD4A #4ACD8C #4A4ACD #CD4A8C

square

#CDCD4A #4ACD8C #4A4ACD #CD4A8C

split-complementary

#CDCD4A #4A8CCD #8C4ACD

monochromatic

#7B7B22 #ABAB2F #CDCD4A #DADA7A #E7E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CDCD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD4A

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD4A	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.150 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc83',
    500: '#cdcd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd4a;
$custom-light: #dfdc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82427,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD4A

secondary

#383883

accent

#48E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD4A

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

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