#CDD23D#CDD23D

#CDD23D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.164 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD23D
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 71%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -19.23, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 71.54, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0598 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.164 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0673, 59.4105, 13.2966)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD23D #423DD2

analogous

#D28C3D #CDD23D #83D23D

triadic

#CDD23D #3DCDD2 #D23DCD

tetradic

#CDD23D #3DD28C #423DD2 #D23D83

square

#CDD23D #3DD28C #423DD2 #D23D83

split-complementary

#CDD23D #3D83D2 #8C3DD2

monochromatic

#76791C #A6AA28 #CDD23D #DADE6F #E7E9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CDD23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD23D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD23D	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)

#E2C922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.164 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df7c',
    500: '#cdd23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd23d;
$custom-light: #e0df7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.013,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83406,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD23D

secondary

#353281

accent

#42E548

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD23D

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

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