#CDD659#CDD659

#CDD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.148 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD659
RGB	rgb(205, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -19.51, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 62.33, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0578 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.148 113)
XYZ	xyz(51.0278, 61.7945, 18.6887)
Luminance	0.6179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD659 #6259D6

analogous

#D6A159 #CDD659 #8FD659

triadic

#CDD659 #59CDD6 #D659CD

tetradic

#CDD659 #59D6A1 #6259D6 #D6598F

square

#CDD659 #59D6A1 #6259D6 #D6598F

split-complementary

#CDD659 #598FD6 #A159D6

monochromatic

#899124 #B7C230 #CDD659 #DCE28A #EBEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#CDD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD659

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD659	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe28d',
    500: '#cdd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd659;
$custom-light: #dfe28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.32,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84502,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.61794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD659

secondary

#433D96

accent

#44E450

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD659

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

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