#CDD249#CDD249

#CDD249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.156 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD249
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 65.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -18.59, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 67.16, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0569 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.156 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4275, 59.5546, 15.1935)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD249 #4E49D2

analogous

#D29249 #CDD249 #88D249

triadic

#CDD249 #49CDD2 #D249CD

tetradic

#CDD249 #49D292 #4E49D2 #D24988

square

#CDD249 #49D292 #4E49D2 #D24988

split-complementary

#CDD249 #4988D2 #9249D2

monochromatic

#7D8120 #ADB22C #CDD249 #DADE7A #E8EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CDD249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD249

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD249	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.156 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf83',
    500: '#cdd249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd249;
$custom-light: #dfdf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83494,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD249

secondary

#3A3788

accent

#44E34A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD249

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

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