#CDCE3E#CDCE3E

#CDCE3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.159 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE3E
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -17.20, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 69.67, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0541 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.159 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1193, 57.4709, 13.1147)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE3E #3F3ECE

analogous

#CE873E #CDCE3E #85CE3E

triadic

#CDCE3E #3ECDCE #CE3ECD

tetradic

#CDCE3E #3ECE87 #3F3ECE #CE3E85

square

#CDCE3E #3ECE87 #3F3ECE #CE3E85

split-complementary

#CDCE3E #3E85CE #873ECE

monochromatic

#74741D #A4A52A #CDCE3E #DADA6F #E6E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE3E

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE3E	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.159 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7c',
    500: '#cdce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce3e;
$custom-light: #e0dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8255,
    "c": 0.15937,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE3E

secondary

#34337D

accent

#45E346

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE3E

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

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