#CDD759#CDD759

#CDD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.149 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD759
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -20.00, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 62.77, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0592 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.149 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2816, 62.3022, 18.7733)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD759 #6359D7

analogous

#D7A259 #CDD759 #8ED759

triadic

#CDD759 #59CDD7 #D759CD

tetradic

#CDD759 #59D7A2 #6359D7 #D7598E

square

#CDD759 #59D7A2 #6359D7 #D7598E

split-complementary

#CDD759 #598ED7 #A259D7

monochromatic

#8A9223 #B8C42F #CDD759 #DCE38A #EBEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#CDD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD759

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD759	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.149 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38d',
    500: '#cdd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd759;
$custom-light: #dfe38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84718,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD759

secondary

#443D98

accent

#44E450

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD759

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

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