#CDD950#CDD950

#CDD950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.159 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD950
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -21.59, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 67.32, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0646 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.159 114)
XYZ	xyz(51.4389, 63.1850, 17.0740)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD950 #5C50D9

analogous

#D9A050 #CDD950 #89D950

triadic

#CDD950 #50CDD9 #D950CD

tetradic

#CDD950 #50D9A0 #5C50D9 #D95089

square

#CDD950 #50D9A0 #5C50D9 #D95089

split-complementary

#CDD950 #5089D9 #A050D9

monochromatic

#868F1F #B4C22A #CDD950 #DBE482 #EAEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#CDD950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD950

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD950	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.159 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe487',
    500: '#cdd950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd950;
$custom-light: #dfe487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD950

secondary

#403895

accent

#40E74F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD950

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

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