#CDCD4E#CDCD4E

#CDCD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.147 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD4E
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -15.80, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 63.15, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0485 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.147 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3848, 57.1932, 15.6969)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD4E #4E4ECD

analogous

#CD8D4E #CDCD4E #8DCD4E

triadic

#CDCD4E #4ECDCD #CD4ECD

tetradic

#CDCD4E #4ECD8D #4E4ECD #CD4E8D

square

#CDCD4E #4ECD8D #4E4ECD #CD4E8D

split-complementary

#CDCD4E #4E8DCD #8D4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7D23 #ADAD31 #CDCD4E #DADA7E #E8E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDCD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD4E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD4E	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)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.147 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc85',
    500: '#cdcd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd4e;
$custom-light: #dfdc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82462,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD4E

secondary

#3A3A85

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD4E

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

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