#CDD549#CDD549

#CDD549 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD549
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -20.06, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 68.37, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.061 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.159 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1751, 61.0498, 15.4427)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD549 #5149D5

analogous

#D59749 #CDD549 #87D549

triadic

#CDD549 #49CDD5 #D549CD

tetradic

#CDD549 #49D597 #5149D5 #D54987

square

#CDD549 #49D597 #5149D5 #D54987

split-complementary

#CDD549 #4987D5 #9749D5

monochromatic

#7F851F #AFB72A #CDD549 #DBE07B #E8ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#CDD549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD549

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD549	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe183',
    500: '#cdd549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd549;
$custom-light: #dfe183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84142,
    "c": 0.15932,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD549

secondary

#3B378C

accent

#42E64C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD549

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

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