#CDCD61#CDCD61

#CDCD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.131 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD61
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -14.42, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 54.90, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0426 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.131 109)
XYZ	xyz(49.1671, 57.5061, 19.8167)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD61 #6161CD

analogous

#CD9761 #CDCD61 #97CD61

triadic

#CDCD61 #61CDCD #CD61CD

tetradic

#CDCD61 #61CD97 #6161CD #CD6197

square

#CDCD61 #61CD97 #6161CD #CD6197

split-complementary

#CDCD61 #6197CD #9761CD

monochromatic

#88882B #B7B73A #CDCD61 #DCDC8F #EAEABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD61

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD61	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)

#DBC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.131 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc91',
    500: '#cdcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd61;
$custom-light: #dedc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82658,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD61

secondary

#43438F

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD61

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

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