#CDCD60#CDCD60

#CDCD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD60
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -14.50, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 55.36, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0429 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.132 109)
XYZ	xyz(49.1207, 57.4875, 19.5727)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD60 #6060CD

analogous

#CD9760 #CDCD60 #97CD60

triadic

#CDCD60 #60CDCD #CD60CD

tetradic

#CDCD60 #60CD97 #6060CD #CD6097

square

#CDCD60 #60CD97 #6060CD #CD6097

split-complementary

#CDCD60 #6097CD #9760CD

monochromatic

#88882B #B6B639 #CDCD60 #DCDC8F #EAEABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD60

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD60	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc90',
    500: '#cdcd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd60;
$custom-light: #dedc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82647,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD60

secondary

#42428F

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD60

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

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