#CDD85D#CDD85D

#CDD85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.147 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD85D
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -20.19, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 61.51, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0593 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.147 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7096, 62.8821, 19.7673)
Luminance	0.6288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD85D #685DD8

analogous

#D8A55D #CDD85D #8FD85D

triadic

#CDD85D #5DCDD8 #D85DCD

tetradic

#CDD85D #5DD8A5 #685DD8 #D85D8F

square

#CDD85D #5DD8A5 #685DD8 #D85D8F

split-complementary

#CDD85D #5D8FD8 #A55DD8

monochromatic

#8C9624 #BAC830 #CDD85D #DCE48E #EBF0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CDD85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD85D

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD85D	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)

#E6CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.147 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38f',
    500: '#cdd85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd85d;
$custom-light: #dfe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84974,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD85D

secondary

#463E9B

accent

#1DC92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD85D

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

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