#CDD23B#CDD23B

#CDD23B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.165 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD23B
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -19.32, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 72.22, 105.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0603 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.165 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0145, 59.3894, 13.0182)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD23B #403BD2

analogous

#D28C3B #CDD23B #81D23B

triadic

#CDD23B #3BCDD2 #D23BCD

tetradic

#CDD23B #3BD28C #403BD2 #D23B81

square

#CDD23B #3BD28C #403BD2 #D23B81

split-complementary

#CDD23B #3B81D2 #8C3BD2

monochromatic

#74771B #A5A927 #CDD23B #DADD6D #E6E99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CDD23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD23B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD23B	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.165 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df7b',
    500: '#cdd23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd23b;
$custom-light: #e0df7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.987,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83393,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD23B

secondary

#34327F

accent

#42E648

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD23B

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

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