#CDD94E#CDD94E

#CDD94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.160 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD94E
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -21.71, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 68.11, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0651 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.16 114)
XYZ	xyz(51.3661, 63.1558, 16.6907)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD94E #5A4ED9

analogous

#D99F4E #CDD94E #87D94E

triadic

#CDD94E #4ECDD9 #D94ECD

tetradic

#CDD94E #4ED99F #5A4ED9 #D94E87

square

#CDD94E #4ED99F #5A4ED9 #D94E87

split-complementary

#CDD94E #4E87D9 #9F4ED9

monochromatic

#848E1F #B3C029 #CDD94E #DBE480 #E9EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#CDD94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD94E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD94E	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)

#E8CF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.160 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe486',
    500: '#cdd94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd94e;
$custom-light: #dfe486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85049,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD94E

secondary

#403894

accent

#40E84F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD94E

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

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