#CDD53E#CDD53E

#CDD53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.166 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD53E
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -20.65, 69.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 72.36, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0637 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.166 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8421, 60.9166, 13.6890)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD53E #463ED5

analogous

#D5923E #CDD53E #82D53E

triadic

#CDD53E #3ECDD5 #D53ECD

tetradic

#CDD53E #3ED592 #463ED5 #D53E82

square

#CDD53E #3ED592 #463ED5 #D53E82

split-complementary

#CDD53E #3E82D5 #923ED5

monochromatic

#787D1B #A8B026 #CDD53E #DAE070 #E7EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#CDD53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD53E

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD53E	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)

#E5CB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.166 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17d',
    500: '#cdd53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd53e;
$custom-light: #e0e17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.179,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84062,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD53E

secondary

#373285

accent

#41E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD53E

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

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