#CDD169#CDD169

#CDD169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD169
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 50%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 49.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -15.74, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 52.98, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0455 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.128 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5281, 59.6010, 22.2043)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD169 #6D69D1

analogous

#D1A169 #CDD169 #99D169

triadic

#CDD169 #69CDD1 #D169CD

tetradic

#CDD169 #69D1A1 #6D69D1 #D16999

square

#CDD169 #69D1A1 #6D69D1 #D16999

split-complementary

#CDD169 #6999D1 #A169D1

monochromatic

#8F932D #BCC13B #CDD169 #DDDF98 #ECEEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CDD169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD169

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD169	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedf96',
    500: '#cdd169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd169;
$custom-light: #dedf96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD169

secondary

#494698

accent

#25C02B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD169

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

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