#CDD54E#CDD54E

#CDD54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.156 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD54E
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 78)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -19.76, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 66.43, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0597 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.156 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3476, 61.1188, 16.3511)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD54E #564ED5

analogous

#D59A4E #CDD54E #89D54E

triadic

#CDD54E #4ECDD5 #D54ECD

tetradic

#CDD54E #4ED59A #564ED5 #D54E89

square

#CDD54E #4ED59A #564ED5 #D54E89

split-complementary

#CDD54E #4E89D5 #9A4ED5

monochromatic

#828820 #B1BA2C #CDD54E #DBE17F #E9ECB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#CDD54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD54E

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD54E	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.156 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe186',
    500: '#cdd54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd54e;
$custom-light: #dfe186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.556,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD54E

secondary

#3E398F

accent

#43E54D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD54E

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

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