#CDD559#CDD559

#CDD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.147 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD559
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -19.01, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 61.90, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0564 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.147 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7755, 61.2899, 18.6046)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD559 #6159D5

analogous

#D59F59 #CDD559 #8FD559

triadic

#CDD559 #59CDD5 #D559CD

tetradic

#CDD559 #59D59F #6159D5 #D5598F

square

#CDD559 #59D59F #6159D5 #D5598F

split-complementary

#CDD559 #598FD5 #9F59D5

monochromatic

#888F24 #B7C031 #CDD559 #DCE18A #EAEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#CDD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD559

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD559	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.147 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18c',
    500: '#cdd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd559;
$custom-light: #dfe18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84286,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD559

secondary

#433D95

accent

#45E34F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD559

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

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