#CDCD5E#CDCD5E

#CDCD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD5E
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -14.66, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 56.26, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0436 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.134 109)
XYZ	xyz(49.0298, 57.4512, 19.0939)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD5E #5E5ECD

analogous

#CD955E #CDCD5E #95CD5E

triadic

#CDCD5E #5ECDCD #CD5ECD

tetradic

#CDCD5E #5ECD95 #5E5ECD #CD5E95

square

#CDCD5E #5ECD95 #5E5ECD #CD5E95

split-complementary

#CDCD5E #5E95CD #955ECD

monochromatic

#87872A #B5B538 #CDCD5E #DCDC8D #EAEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD5E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD5E	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)

#DCC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8f',
    500: '#cdcd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd5e;
$custom-light: #dfdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.5745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD5E

secondary

#41418E

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD5E

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

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