#CDD94D#CDD94D

#CDD94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.161 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD94D
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 77)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -21.78, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 68.50, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0654 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.161 114)
XYZ	xyz(51.3306, 63.1416, 16.5033)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD94D #594DD9

analogous

#D99F4D #CDD94D #87D94D

triadic

#CDD94D #4DCDD9 #D94DCD

tetradic

#CDD94D #4DD99F #594DD9 #D94D87

square

#CDD94D #4DD99F #594DD9 #D94D87

split-complementary

#CDD94D #4D87D9 #9F4DD9

monochromatic

#848D1E #B3C029 #CDD94D #DBE47F #E9EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#CDD94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD94D

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD94D	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.161 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe486',
    500: '#cdd94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd94d;
$custom-light: #dfe486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85041,
    "c": 0.1608,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD94D

secondary

#3F3793

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD94D

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

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