#CDD96A#CDD96A

#CDD96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD96A
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 51.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -19.61, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 56.20, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.34% -0.0564 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(85.34% 0.136 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5921, 63.6462, 23.1473)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD96A #766AD9

analogous

#D9AD6A #CDD96A #95D96A

triadic

#CDD96A #6ACDD9 #D96ACD

tetradic

#CDD96A #6AD9AD #766AD9 #D96A95

square

#CDD96A #6AD9AD #766AD9 #D96A95

split-complementary

#CDD96A #6A95D9 #AD6AD9

monochromatic

#93A029 #BDCD39 #CDD96A #DDE59B #EEF2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDD96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#CDD96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD96A

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD96A	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee497',
    500: '#cdd96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd96a;
$custom-light: #dee497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85337,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD96A

secondary

#4E44A4

accent

#1EC731

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD96A

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

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