#CDCD5F#CDCD5F

#CDCD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD5F
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -14.58, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 55.81, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0432 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.133 109)
XYZ	xyz(49.0750, 57.4692, 19.3318)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD5F #5F5FCD

analogous

#CD965F #CDCD5F #96CD5F

triadic

#CDCD5F #5FCDCD #CD5FCD

tetradic

#CDCD5F #5FCD96 #5F5FCD #CD5F96

square

#CDCD5F #5FCD96 #5F5FCD #CD5F96

split-complementary

#CDCD5F #5F96CD #965FCD

monochromatic

#87872A #B6B639 #CDCD5F #DCDC8E #EAEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD5F

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD5F	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)

#DCC554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc90',
    500: '#cdcd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd5f;
$custom-light: #dedc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82635,
    "c": 0.13289,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD5F

secondary

#42428E

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD5F

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

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