#CDD85B#CDD85B

#CDD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.149 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD85B
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -20.34, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 62.36, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.06 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.149 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6222, 62.8471, 19.3068)
Luminance	0.6285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD85B #665BD8

analogous

#D8A45B #CDD85B #8ED85B

triadic

#CDD85B #5BCDD8 #D85BCD

tetradic

#CDD85B #5BD8A4 #665BD8 #D85B8E

square

#CDD85B #5BD8A4 #665BD8 #D85B8E

split-complementary

#CDD85B #5B8ED8 #A45BD8

monochromatic

#8B9523 #B9C72F #CDD85B #DCE48C #EBF0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#CDD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD85B

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD85B	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.149 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38e',
    500: '#cdd85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd85b;
$custom-light: #dfe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84954,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD85B

secondary

#453D9A

accent

#1CC92B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD85B

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

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