#CDCE61#CDCE61

#CDCE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE61
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 52.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -14.92, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 55.33, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.044 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.132 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4070, 57.9860, 19.8967)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE61 #6261CE

analogous

#CE9861 #CDCE61 #97CE61

triadic

#CDCE61 #61CDCE #CE61CD

tetradic

#CDCE61 #61CE98 #6261CE #CE6197

square

#CDCE61 #61CE98 #6261CE #CE6197

split-complementary

#CDCE61 #6197CE #9861CE

monochromatic

#898A2B #B7B939 #CDCE61 #DCDC90 #EBEBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#CDCE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE61

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE61	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc91',
    500: '#cdce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce61;
$custom-light: #dedc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.55,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82871,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE61

secondary

#434391

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE61

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

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