#CDD44D#CDD44D

#CDD44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.155 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD44D
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 77)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 63.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -19.33, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 66.41, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0586 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.155 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0613, 60.6030, 16.0802)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD44D #544DD4

analogous

#D4984D #CDD44D #8AD44D

triadic

#CDD44D #4DCDD4 #D44DCD

tetradic

#CDD44D #4DD498 #544DD4 #D44D8A

square

#CDD44D #4DD498 #544DD4 #D44D8A

split-complementary

#CDD44D #4D8AD4 #984DD4

monochromatic

#818620 #B0B72C #CDD44D #DBE07E #E9ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CDD44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD44D

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD44D	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.155 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe185',
    500: '#cdd44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd44d;
$custom-light: #dfe185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83959,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD44D

secondary

#3D388D

accent

#44E44C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD44D

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

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