#CDCD70#CDCD70

#CDCD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.116 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD70
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -13.08, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 47.86, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0372 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.116 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9338, 57.8128, 23.8547)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD70 #7070CD

analogous

#CD9F70 #CDCD70 #9FCD70

triadic

#CDCD70 #70CDCD #CD70CD

tetradic

#CDCD70 #70CD9F #7070CD #CD709F

square

#CDCD70 #70CD9F #7070CD #CD709F

split-complementary

#CDCD70 #709FCD #9F70CD

monochromatic

#909032 #BDBD43 #CDCD70 #DDDD9D #EDEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CDCD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD70

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD70	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.116 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9b',
    500: '#cdcd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd70;
$custom-light: #dedc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8285,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD70

secondary

#4B4B97

accent

#2ABB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD70

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

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