#CDCD54#CDCD54

#CDCD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD54
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -15.40, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 60.65, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0467 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.142 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6098, 57.2832, 16.8819)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD54 #5454CD

analogous

#CD9154 #CDCD54 #91CD54

triadic

#CDCD54 #54CDCD #CD54CD

tetradic

#CDCD54 #54CD91 #5454CD #CD5491

square

#CDCD54 #54CD91 #5454CD #CD5491

split-complementary

#CDCD54 #5491CD #9154CD

monochromatic

#818126 #B0B034 #CDCD54 #DBDB83 #E9E9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#CDCD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD54

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD54	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc89',
    500: '#cdcd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd54;
$custom-light: #dfdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82518,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD54

secondary

#3D3D88

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD54

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

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