#CDD545#CDD545

#CDD545 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.162 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD545
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 69)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -20.29, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 69.87, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.062 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.162 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0467, 60.9984, 14.7666)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD545 #4D45D5

analogous

#D59545 #CDD545 #85D545

triadic

#CDD545 #45CDD5 #D545CD

tetradic

#CDD545 #45D595 #4D45D5 #D54585

square

#CDD545 #45D595 #4D45D5 #D54585

split-complementary

#CDD545 #4585D5 #9545D5

monochromatic

#7D821D #ACB429 #CDD545 #DAE077 #E8ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#CDD545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD545

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD545	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.162 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e181',
    500: '#cdd545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd545;
$custom-light: #e0e181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84111,
    "c": 0.16205,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD545

secondary

#3A3589

accent

#42E64B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD545

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

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