#CDD94A#CDD94A

#CDD94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.163 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD94A
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -21.96, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 69.65, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0662 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.163 114)
XYZ	xyz(51.2271, 63.1002, 15.9582)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD94A #564AD9

analogous

#D99E4A #CDD94A #86D94A

triadic

#CDD94A #4ACDD9 #D94ACD

tetradic

#CDD94A #4AD99E #564AD9 #D94A86

square

#CDD94A #4AD99E #564AD9 #D94A86

split-complementary

#CDD94A #4A86D9 #9E4AD9

monochromatic

#828B1D #B1BE28 #CDD94A #DBE47D #E9EEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CDD94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD94A

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD94A	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.163 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe484',
    500: '#cdd94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd94a;
$custom-light: #dfe484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85016,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD94A

secondary

#3E3691

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD94A

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

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