#CDD55E#CDD55E

#CDD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD55E
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 55.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -18.64, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 59.74, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0548 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.143 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9926, 61.3768, 19.7482)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD55E #665ED5

analogous

#D5A25E #CDD55E #91D55E

triadic

#CDD55E #5ECDD5 #D55ECD

tetradic

#CDD55E #5ED5A2 #665ED5 #D55E91

square

#CDD55E #5ED5A2 #665ED5 #D55E91

split-complementary

#CDD55E #5E91D5 #A25ED5

monochromatic

#8B9226 #B9C333 #CDD55E #DCE28F #EBEEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#CDD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD55E

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD55E	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe190',
    500: '#cdd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd55e;
$custom-light: #dfe190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.034,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84338,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD55E

secondary

#453F98

accent

#1FC62A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD55E

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

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