#CDD44A#CDD44A

#CDD44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.158 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD44A
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 74)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -19.51, 64.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 67.58, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0594 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.158 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9578, 60.5616, 15.5351)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD44A #514AD4

analogous

#D4964A #CDD44A #88D44A

triadic

#CDD44A #4ACDD4 #D44ACD

tetradic

#CDD44A #4AD496 #514AD4 #D44A88

square

#CDD44A #4AD496 #514AD4 #D44A88

split-complementary

#CDD44A #4A88D4 #964AD4

monochromatic

#7F841F #AFB62B #CDD44A #DBE07B #E8EBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#CDD44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD44A

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD44A	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.158 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe184',
    500: '#cdd44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd44a;
$custom-light: #dfe184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83934,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD44A

secondary

#3B378B

accent

#43E54B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD44A

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

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