#CDCD68#CDCD68

#CDCD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.124 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD68
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -13.82, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 51.66, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0401 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.124 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5080, 57.6424, 21.6122)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD68 #6868CD

analogous

#CD9A68 #CDCD68 #9ACD68

triadic

#CDCD68 #68CDCD #CD68CD

tetradic

#CDCD68 #68CD9A #6868CD #CD689A

square

#CDCD68 #68CD9A #6868CD #CD689A

split-complementary

#CDCD68 #689ACD #9A68CD

monochromatic

#8C8C2E #BABA3E #CDCD68 #DCDC96 #EBEBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CDCD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD68

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD68	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.124 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc96',
    500: '#cdcd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd68;
$custom-light: #dedc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82743,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD68

secondary

#464693

accent

#28BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD68

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

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