#CDCF36#CDCF36

#CDCF36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.165 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF36
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -18.07, 70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 72.73, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.72% -0.0572 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.72% 0.165 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1572, 57.8725, 12.1231)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF36 #3836CF

analogous

#CF8436 #CDCF36 #80CF36

triadic

#CDCF36 #36CDCF #CF36CD

tetradic

#CDCF36 #36CF84 #3836CF #CF3680

square

#CDCF36 #36CF84 #3836CF #CF3680

split-complementary

#CDCF36 #3680CF #8436CF

monochromatic

#6F701B #A0A127 #CDCF36 #D9DB67 #E6E799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CDCF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF36

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF36	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C613

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.165 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dd79',
    500: '#cdcf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf36;
$custom-light: #e0dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.784,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82715,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF36

secondary

#313079

accent

#43E545

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF36

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

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