#CDCD62#CDCD62

#CDCD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD62
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -14.33, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 54.45, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0422 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.13 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2140, 57.5248, 20.0638)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD62 #6262CD

analogous

#CD9862 #CDCD62 #98CD62

triadic

#CDCD62 #62CDCD #CD62CD

tetradic

#CDCD62 #62CD98 #6262CD #CD6298

square

#CDCD62 #62CD98 #6262CD #CD6298

split-complementary

#CDCD62 #6298CD #9862CD

monochromatic

#89892C #B7B73A #CDCD62 #DCDC90 #EBEBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD62

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD62	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)

#DBC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc92',
    500: '#cdcd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd62;
$custom-light: #dedc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8267,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD62

secondary

#434390

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD62

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

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