#CDD159#CDD159

#CDD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD159
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -17.04, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 60.17, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0508 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.143 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7818, 59.3025, 18.2734)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD159 #5D59D1

analogous

#D19959 #CDD159 #91D159

triadic

#CDD159 #59CDD1 #D159CD

tetradic

#CDD159 #59D199 #5D59D1 #D15991

square

#CDD159 #59D199 #5D59D1 #D15991

split-complementary

#CDD159 #5991D1 #9959D1

monochromatic

#868926 #B5B933 #CDD159 #DBDE89 #EAECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#CDD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD159

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD159	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde8c',
    500: '#cdd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd159;
$custom-light: #dfde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83426,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD159

secondary

#413E90

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD159

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

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