#CDD54A#CDD54A

#CDD54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.159 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD54A
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 74)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 65.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -20.00, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 67.99, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0607 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.159 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2085, 61.0631, 15.6187)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD54A #524AD5

analogous

#D5984A #CDD54A #88D54A

triadic

#CDD54A #4ACDD5 #D54ACD

tetradic

#CDD54A #4AD598 #524AD5 #D54A88

square

#CDD54A #4AD598 #524AD5 #D54A88

split-complementary

#CDD54A #4A88D5 #984AD5

monochromatic

#80861F #AFB72B #CDD54A #DBE17C #E8ECAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#CDD54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD54A

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD54A	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)

#E4CB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.159 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe184',
    500: '#cdd54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd54a;
$custom-light: #dfe184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8415,
    "c": 0.15861,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD54A

secondary

#3C378C

accent

#42E54C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD54A

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

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