#CDD59A#CDD59A

#CDD59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.078 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD59A
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 154)
HSL	hsl(68, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(68, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 27.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -12.25, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 30.87, 113.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0322 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.078 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8037, 62.9012, 39.8196)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD59A #A29AD5

analogous

#D5C09A #CDD59A #B0D59A

triadic

#CDD59A #9ACDD5 #D59ACD

tetradic

#CDD59A #9AD5C0 #A29AD5 #D59AB0

square

#CDD59A #9AD5C0 #A29AD5 #D59AB0

split-complementary

#CDD59A #9AB0D5 #C09AD5

monochromatic

#9FAD48 #B8C36F #CDD59A #E2E7C5 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CDD59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD59A

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD59A	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.078 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b8',
    500: '#cdd59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd59a;
$custom-light: #dde1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 41.259,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85247,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD59A

secondary

#7168AC

accent

#31B443

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD59A

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

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