#CDD44E#CDD44E

#CDD44E 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	#CDD44E
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -19.27, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 66.01, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0583 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.155 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0969, 60.6173, 16.2676)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD44E #554ED4

analogous

#D4984E #CDD44E #8AD44E

triadic

#CDD44E #4ECDD4 #D44ECD

tetradic

#CDD44E #4ED498 #554ED4 #D44E8A

square

#CDD44E #4ED498 #554ED4 #D44E8A

split-complementary

#CDD44E #4E8AD4 #984ED4

monochromatic

#828721 #B1B82D #CDD44E #DBE07F #E9ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CDD44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD44E

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD44E	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)

#E3CB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.155 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe186',
    500: '#cdd44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd44e;
$custom-light: #dfe186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.134,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83967,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD44E

secondary

#3D398D

accent

#44E44C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD44E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →