#CDD540#CDD540

#CDD540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.165 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD540
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -20.55, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 71.67, 106.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0632 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.165 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8980, 60.9389, 13.9834)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD540 #4840D5

analogous

#D59240 #CDD540 #83D540

triadic

#CDD540 #40CDD5 #D540CD

tetradic

#CDD540 #40D592 #4840D5 #D54083

square

#CDD540 #40D592 #4840D5 #D54083

split-complementary

#CDD540 #4083D5 #9240D5

monochromatic

#797F1C #A9B127 #CDD540 #DAE072 #E7EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CDD540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD540

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD540	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.165 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17e',
    500: '#cdd540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd540;
$custom-light: #e0e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84075,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD540

secondary

#383386

accent

#41E74A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD540

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

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