#CDCD74#CDCD74

#CDCD74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.112 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD74
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -12.69, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 45.93, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0358 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.112 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1614, 57.9038, 25.0538)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD74 #7474CD

analogous

#CDA074 #CDCD74 #A0CD74

triadic

#CDCD74 #74CDCD #CD74CD

tetradic

#CDCD74 #74CDA0 #7474CD #CD74A0

square

#CDCD74 #74CDA0 #7474CD #CD74A0

split-complementary

#CDCD74 #74A0CD #A074CD

monochromatic

#929235 #BDBD47 #CDCD74 #DDDDA1 #EDEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CDCD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD74

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD74	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.112 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9d',
    500: '#cdcd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd74;
$custom-light: #dedc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82907,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD74

secondary

#4D4D98

accent

#2BBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD74

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

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