#CDCD66#CDCD66

#CDCD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.126 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD66
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -14.00, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 52.60, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0408 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.126 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4076, 57.6023, 21.0835)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD66 #6666CD

analogous

#CD9966 #CDCD66 #99CD66

triadic

#CDCD66 #66CDCD #CD66CD

tetradic

#CDCD66 #66CD99 #6666CD #CD6699

square

#CDCD66 #66CD99 #6666CD #CD6699

split-complementary

#CDCD66 #6699CD #9966CD

monochromatic

#8B8B2D #B9B93D #CDCD66 #DCDC94 #EBEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CDCD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD66

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD66	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.126 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc94',
    500: '#cdcd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd66;
$custom-light: #dedc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82718,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD66

secondary

#454592

accent

#27BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD66

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

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