#CDD53B#CDD53B

#CDD53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.168 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD53B
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -20.79, 70.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 73.37, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0644 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.168 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7621, 60.8846, 13.2674)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD53B #433BD5

analogous

#D5903B #CDD53B #80D53B

triadic

#CDD53B #3BCDD5 #D53BCD

tetradic

#CDD53B #3BD590 #433BD5 #D53B80

square

#CDD53B #3BD590 #433BD5 #D53B80

split-complementary

#CDD53B #3B80D5 #903BD5

monochromatic

#767B1A #A7AE25 #CDD53B #DAE06D #E7EBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#CDD53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD53B

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD53B	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.168 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17c',
    500: '#cdd53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd53b;
$custom-light: #e0e17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.117,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84042,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD53B

secondary

#363183

accent

#40E849

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD53B

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

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