#CDD259#CDD259

#CDD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.144 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD259
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -17.53, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 60.60, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0522 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.144 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0279, 59.7947, 18.3554)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD259 #5E59D2

analogous

#D29A59 #CDD259 #90D259

triadic

#CDD259 #59CDD2 #D259CD

tetradic

#CDD259 #59D29A #5E59D2 #D25990

square

#CDD259 #59D29A #5E59D2 #D25990

split-complementary

#CDD259 #5990D2 #9A59D2

monochromatic

#878B26 #B5BB33 #CDD259 #DCDF89 #EAECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CDD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD259

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD259	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.144 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf8c',
    500: '#cdd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd259;
$custom-light: #dfdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83641,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD259

secondary

#413E91

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD259

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

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