#CDD85E#CDD85E

#CDD85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.146 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD85E
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -20.11, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 61.07, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.059 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.146 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7542, 62.8999, 20.0021)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD85E #695ED8

analogous

#D8A65E #CDD85E #90D85E

triadic

#CDD85E #5ECDD8 #D85ECD

tetradic

#CDD85E #5ED8A6 #695ED8 #D85E90

square

#CDD85E #5ED8A6 #695ED8 #D85E90

split-complementary

#CDD85E #5E90D8 #A65ED8

monochromatic

#8D9725 #BBC831 #CDD85E #DCE48F #ECF0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CDD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD85E

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD85E	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)

#E6CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.146 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe390',
    500: '#cdd85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd85e;
$custom-light: #dfe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84985,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD85E

secondary

#473F9C

accent

#1DC92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD85E

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

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