#CDD33B#CDD33B

#CDD33B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.166 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD33B
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 59)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 72%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -19.81, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 72.60, 105.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0616 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.166 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2621, 59.8847, 13.1007)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD33B #413BD3

analogous

#D38D3B #CDD33B #81D33B

triadic

#CDD33B #3BCDD3 #D33BCD

tetradic

#CDD33B #3BD38D #413BD3 #D33B81

square

#CDD33B #3BD38D #413BD3 #D33B81

split-complementary

#CDD33B #3B81D3 #8D3BD3

monochromatic

#75791B #A5AB26 #CDD33B #DADE6D #E7E99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CDD33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD33B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD33B	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.166 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e07b',
    500: '#cdd33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd33b;
$custom-light: #e0e07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83609,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD33B

secondary

#353281

accent

#41E648

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD33B

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

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