#CDCE40#CDCE40

#CDCE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.158 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE40
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -17.10, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 68.95, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0536 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.158 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1752, 57.4933, 13.4091)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE40 #4140CE

analogous

#CE8840 #CDCE40 #86CE40

triadic

#CDCE40 #40CDCE #CE40CD

tetradic

#CDCE40 #40CE88 #4140CE #CE4086

square

#CDCE40 #40CE88 #4140CE #CE4086

split-complementary

#CDCE40 #4086CE #8840CE

monochromatic

#75751E #A5A62B #CDCE40 #DADA71 #E6E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE40

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE40	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.158 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7e',
    500: '#cdce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce40;
$custom-light: #e0dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82564,
    "c": 0.15812,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE40

secondary

#35347E

accent

#45E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE40

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

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