#CDCD4D#CDCD4D

#CDCD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.148 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD4D
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -15.87, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 63.56, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0488 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.148 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3492, 57.1789, 15.5095)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD4D #4D4DCD

analogous

#CD8D4D #CDCD4D #8DCD4D

triadic

#CDCD4D #4DCDCD #CD4DCD

tetradic

#CDCD4D #4DCD8D #4D4DCD #CD4D8D

square

#CDCD4D #4DCD8D #4D4DCD #CD4D8D

split-complementary

#CDCD4D #4D8DCD #8D4DCD

monochromatic

#7D7D23 #ACAC30 #CDCD4D #DADA7D #E8E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDCD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD4D

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD4D	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.148 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc85',
    500: '#cdcd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd4d;
$custom-light: #dfdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82453,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD4D

secondary

#3A3A84

accent

#48DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD4D

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

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