#CDCD69#CDCD69

#CDCD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.123 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD69
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -13.73, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 51.20, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0398 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.123 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5591, 57.6629, 21.8813)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD69 #6969CD

analogous

#CD9B69 #CDCD69 #9BCD69

triadic

#CDCD69 #69CDCD #CD69CD

tetradic

#CDCD69 #69CD9B #6969CD #CD699B

square

#CDCD69 #69CD9B #6969CD #CD699B

split-complementary

#CDCD69 #699BCD #9B69CD

monochromatic

#8D8D2F #BBBB3E #CDCD69 #DCDC97 #ECECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#CDCD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD69

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD69	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)

#DBC660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.123 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc96',
    500: '#cdcd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd69;
$custom-light: #dedc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82756,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD69

secondary

#474793

accent

#28BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD69

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →