#CDD985#CDD985

#CDD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.108 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD985
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 38.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -16.87, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 43.42, 112.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0464 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.108 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2236, 64.2988, 31.7402)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD985 #9185D9

analogous

#D9BB85 #CDD985 #A3D985

triadic

#CDD985 #85CDD9 #D985CD

tetradic

#CDD985 #85D9BB #9185D9 #D985A3

square

#CDD985 #85D9BB #9185D9 #D985A3

split-complementary

#CDD985 #85A3D9 #BB85D9

monochromatic

#9CAE36 #BACA56 #CDD985 #E0E8B4 #F3F6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CDD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#CDD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD985

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD985	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.108 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4a9',
    500: '#cdd985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd985;
$custom-light: #dde4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85719,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD985

secondary

#6053AF

accent

#26C03C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD985

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

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