#CDCE49#CDCE49

#CDCE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.152 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE49
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -16.61, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 65.56, 104.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0513 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.152 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4523, 57.6041, 14.8684)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE49 #4A49CE

analogous

#CE8D49 #CDCE49 #8BCE49

triadic

#CDCE49 #49CDCE #CE49CD

tetradic

#CDCE49 #49CE8D #4A49CE #CE498B

square

#CDCE49 #49CE8D #4A49CE #CE498B

split-complementary

#CDCE49 #498BCE #8D49CE

monochromatic

#7B7B21 #ABAC2E #CDCE49 #DADB79 #E7E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CDCE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE49

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE49	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.152 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc82',
    500: '#cdce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce49;
$custom-light: #dfdc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82633,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE49

secondary

#383883

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE49

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

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