#CDD591#CDD591

#CDD591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.089 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD591
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(67, 45%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(67, 32%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 31.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -13.43, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 35.42, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0359 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.089 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.0820, 62.6125, 36.0190)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD591 #9991D5

analogous

#D5BB91 #CDD591 #ABD591

triadic

#CDD591 #91CDD5 #D591CD

tetradic

#CDD591 #91D5BB #9991D5 #D591AB

square

#CDD591 #91D5BB #9991D5 #D591AB

split-complementary

#CDD591 #91ABD5 #BB91D5

monochromatic

#9EAA41 #B9C465 #CDD591 #E1E6BD #F5F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#CDD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD591

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD591	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED094

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.089 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b2',
    500: '#cdd591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd591;
$custom-light: #dde1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 44.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD591

secondary

#685FAB

accent

#2EB83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD591

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

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