#CDCD5A#CDCD5A

#CDCD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.137 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD5A
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -14.97, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 58.04, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0449 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.137 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8550, 57.3812, 18.1730)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD5A #5A5ACD

analogous

#CD935A #CDCD5A #93CD5A

triadic

#CDCD5A #5ACDCD #CD5ACD

tetradic

#CDCD5A #5ACD93 #5A5ACD #CD5A93

square

#CDCD5A #5ACD93 #5A5ACD #CD5A93

split-complementary

#CDCD5A #5A93CD #935ACD

monochromatic

#848428 #B3B336 #CDCD5A #DBDB89 #E9E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDCD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD5A

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD5A	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.137 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8d',
    500: '#cdcd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd5a;
$custom-light: #dfdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8258,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD5A

secondary

#40408C

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD5A

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

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