#CDD459#CDD459

#CDD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD459
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -18.52, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 61.46, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.055 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.146 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5247, 60.7884, 18.5210)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD459 #6059D4

analogous

#D49E59 #CDD459 #90D459

triadic

#CDD459 #59CDD4 #D459CD

tetradic

#CDD459 #59D49E #6059D4 #D45990

square

#CDD459 #59D49E #6059D4 #D45990

split-complementary

#CDD459 #5990D4 #9E59D4

monochromatic

#888E25 #B6BE31 #CDD459 #DCE18A #EAEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#CDD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD459

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD459	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18c',
    500: '#cdd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd459;
$custom-light: #dfe18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84071,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD459

secondary

#423E94

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD459

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

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