#CDD94B#CDD94B

#CDD94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.162 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD94B
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 75)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -21.90, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 69.27, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0659 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.162 114)
XYZ	xyz(51.2610, 63.1138, 16.1371)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD94B #574BD9

analogous

#D99E4B #CDD94B #86D94B

triadic

#CDD94B #4BCDD9 #D94BCD

tetradic

#CDD94B #4BD99E #574BD9 #D94B86

square

#CDD94B #4BD99E #574BD9 #D94B86

split-complementary

#CDD94B #4B86D9 #9E4BD9

monochromatic

#838C1E #B2BF28 #CDD94B #DBE47E #E9EEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CDD94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD94B

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD94B	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)

#E8CF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.162 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe485',
    500: '#cdd94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd94b;
$custom-light: #dfe485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85024,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD94B

secondary

#3E3692

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD94B

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

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