#CDD55D#CDD55D

#CDD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD55D
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 56.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -18.71, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 60.17, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0552 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9480, 61.3589, 19.5134)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD55D #655DD5

analogous

#D5A15D #CDD55D #91D55D

triadic

#CDD55D #5DCDD5 #D55DCD

tetradic

#CDD55D #5DD5A1 #655DD5 #D55D91

square

#CDD55D #5DD5A1 #655DD5 #D55D91

split-complementary

#CDD55D #5D91D5 #A15DD5

monochromatic

#8B9226 #B9C232 #CDD55D #DCE28E #EBEEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#CDD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD55D

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD55D	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18f',
    500: '#cdd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd55d;
$custom-light: #dfe18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84328,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD55D

secondary

#453F97

accent

#46E250

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD55D

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

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