#CDCD6A#CDCD6A

#CDCD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.122 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD6A
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -13.64, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 50.72, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0394 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.122 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6108, 57.6836, 22.1535)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD6A #6A6ACD

analogous

#CD9B6A #CDCD6A #9BCD6A

triadic

#CDCD6A #6ACDCD #CD6ACD

tetradic

#CDCD6A #6ACD9B #6A6ACD #CD6A9B

square

#CDCD6A #6ACD9B #6A6ACD #CD6A9B

split-complementary

#CDCD6A #6A9BCD #9B6ACD

monochromatic

#8D8D2F #BBBB3F #CDCD6A #DCDC98 #ECECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#CDCD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD6A

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD6A	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.122 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc97',
    500: '#cdcd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd6a;
$custom-light: #dedc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82769,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD6A

secondary

#474794

accent

#28BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD6A

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

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