#CDCD5C#CDCD5C

#CDCD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.136 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD5C
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -14.81, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 57.16, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0442 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.136 109)
XYZ	xyz(48.9412, 57.4158, 18.6274)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD5C #5C5CCD

analogous

#CD945C #CDCD5C #94CD5C

triadic

#CDCD5C #5CCDCD #CD5CCD

tetradic

#CDCD5C #5CCD94 #5C5CCD #CD5C94

square

#CDCD5C #5CCD94 #5C5CCD #CD5C94

split-complementary

#CDCD5C #5C94CD #945CCD

monochromatic

#868629 #B4B437 #CDCD5C #DBDB8B #EAEABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDCD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD5C

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD5C	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)

#DCC550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.136 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8e',
    500: '#cdcd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd5c;
$custom-light: #dfdc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82602,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD5C

secondary

#40408D

accent

#4BDC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD5C

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

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