#CDD945#CDD945

#CDD945 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.166 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD945
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -22.24, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 71.49, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0675 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.166 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0653, 63.0355, 15.1061)
Luminance	0.6303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD945 #5145D9

analogous

#D99B45 #CDD945 #83D945

triadic

#CDD945 #45CDD9 #D945CD

tetradic

#CDD945 #45D99B #5145D9 #D94583

square

#CDD945 #45D99B #5145D9 #D94583

split-complementary

#CDD945 #4583D9 #9B45D9

monochromatic

#7F881C #AFBB26 #CDD945 #DBE378 #E8EEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#CDD945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD945

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD945	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.166 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e481',
    500: '#cdd945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd945;
$custom-light: #e0e481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84978,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD945

secondary

#3B348E

accent

#3FE94D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD945

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

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