#CDCD52#CDCD52

#CDCD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.144 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD52
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -15.54, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 61.49, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0473 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.144 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5326, 57.2523, 16.4753)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD52 #5252CD

analogous

#CD9052 #CDCD52 #90CD52

triadic

#CDCD52 #52CDCD #CD52CD

tetradic

#CDCD52 #52CD90 #5252CD #CD5290

square

#CDCD52 #52CD90 #5252CD #CD5290

split-complementary

#CDCD52 #5290CD #9052CD

monochromatic

#808025 #AFAF33 #CDCD52 #DBDB81 #E8E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CDCD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD52

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD52	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.144 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc88',
    500: '#cdcd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd52;
$custom-light: #dfdc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82499,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD52

secondary

#3C3C87

accent

#49DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD52

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

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