#CDCD5D#CDCD5D

#CDCD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.135 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD5D
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -14.74, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 56.71, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0439 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.135 109)
XYZ	xyz(48.9852, 57.4334, 18.8591)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD5D #5D5DCD

analogous

#CD955D #CDCD5D #95CD5D

triadic

#CDCD5D #5DCDCD #CD5DCD

tetradic

#CDCD5D #5DCD95 #5D5DCD #CD5D95

square

#CDCD5D #5DCD95 #5D5DCD #CD5D95

split-complementary

#CDCD5D #5D95CD #955DCD

monochromatic

#868629 #B5B538 #CDCD5D #DBDB8C #EAEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD5D

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD5D	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.135 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8e',
    500: '#cdcd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd5d;
$custom-light: #dfdc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82613,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD5D

secondary

#41418D

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD5D

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

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