#CDD55B#CDD55B

#CDD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD55B
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -18.87, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 61.04, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0558 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.145 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8606, 61.3240, 19.0530)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD55B #635BD5

analogous

#D5A05B #CDD55B #90D55B

triadic

#CDD55B #5BCDD5 #D55BCD

tetradic

#CDD55B #5BD5A0 #635BD5 #D55B90

square

#CDD55B #5BD5A0 #635BD5 #D55B90

split-complementary

#CDD55B #5B90D5 #A05BD5

monochromatic

#8A9125 #B8C132 #CDD55B #DCE18C #EBEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#CDD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD55B

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD55B	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)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18e',
    500: '#cdd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd55b;
$custom-light: #dfe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84307,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD55B

secondary

#443E96

accent

#45E250

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD55B

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

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