#CDD849#CDD849

#CDD849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.163 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD849
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -21.53, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 69.61, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0651 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.163 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9367, 62.5729, 15.6966)
Luminance	0.6257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD849 #5449D8

analogous

#D89B49 #CDD849 #86D849

triadic

#CDD849 #49CDD8 #D849CD

tetradic

#CDD849 #49D89B #5449D8 #D84986

square

#CDD849 #49D89B #5449D8 #D84986

split-complementary

#CDD849 #4986D8 #9B49D8

monochromatic

#81891D #B0BC28 #CDD849 #DBE37B #E9EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#CDD849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD849

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD849	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.163 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe383',
    500: '#cdd849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd849;
$custom-light: #dfe383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84791,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD849

secondary

#3D368F

accent

#40E84D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD849

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

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