#CDD049#CDD049

#CDD049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.154 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD049
RGB	rgb(205, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -17.60, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 66.35, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0541 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.154 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9368, 58.5732, 15.0299)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD049 #4C49D0

analogous

#D08F49 #CDD049 #8AD049

triadic

#CDD049 #49CDD0 #D049CD

tetradic

#CDD049 #49D08F #4C49D0 #D0498A

square

#CDD049 #49D08F #4C49D0 #D0498A

split-complementary

#CDD049 #498AD0 #8F49D0

monochromatic

#7C7E21 #ACAF2D #CDD049 #DADD7A #E8E9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CDD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD049

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD049	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.154 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde83',
    500: '#cdd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd049;
$custom-light: #dfde83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83063,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD049

secondary

#393886

accent

#46E249

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD049

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

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