#CDD44B#CDD44B

#CDD44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.157 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD44B
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 75)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 64.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -19.45, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 67.19, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0591 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.157 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9918, 60.5752, 15.7140)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD44B #524BD4

analogous

#D4974B #CDD44B #89D44B

triadic

#CDD44B #4BCDD4 #D44BCD

tetradic

#CDD44B #4BD497 #524BD4 #D44B89

square

#CDD44B #4BD497 #524BD4 #D44B89

split-complementary

#CDD44B #4B89D4 #974BD4

monochromatic

#808520 #AFB62C #CDD44B #DBE07C #E8ECAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#CDD44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD44B

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD44B	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)

#E3CB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.157 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe184',
    500: '#cdd44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd44b;
$custom-light: #dfe184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83942,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD44B

secondary

#3C388C

accent

#43E54C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD44B

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

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