#CDCD71#CDCD71

#CDCD71 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.115 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD71
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -12.98, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 47.38, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0369 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.115 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9897, 57.8352, 24.1495)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD71 #7171CD

analogous

#CD9F71 #CDCD71 #9FCD71

triadic

#CDCD71 #71CDCD #CD71CD

tetradic

#CDCD71 #71CD9F #7171CD #CD719F

square

#CDCD71 #71CD9F #7171CD #CD719F

split-complementary

#CDCD71 #719FCD #9F71CD

monochromatic

#919133 #BDBD44 #CDCD71 #DDDD9E #EDEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CDCD71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD71

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD71	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.115 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9b',
    500: '#cdcd71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd71;
$custom-light: #dedc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82864,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD71

secondary

#4B4B97

accent

#2ABB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD71

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

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