#CDCE42#CDCE42

#CDCE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.157 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE42
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -17.00, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 68.22, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0531 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.157 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2331, 57.5165, 13.7142)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE42 #4342CE

analogous

#CE8942 #CDCE42 #87CE42

triadic

#CDCE42 #42CDCE #CE42CD

tetradic

#CDCE42 #42CE89 #4342CE #CE4287

square

#CDCE42 #42CE89 #4342CE #CE4287

split-complementary

#CDCE42 #4287CE #8942CE

monochromatic

#76771F #A7A72B #CDCE42 #DADB73 #E7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#CDCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE42

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE42	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.157 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dc7f',
    500: '#cdce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce42;
$custom-light: #e0dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82578,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE42

secondary

#36357F

accent

#46E247

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE42

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

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