#CDDA45#CDDA45

#CDDA45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.167 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA45
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -22.72, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 71.90, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0688 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.167 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3238, 63.5526, 15.1923)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA45 #5245DA

analogous

#DA9D45 #CDDA45 #83DA45

triadic

#CDDA45 #45CDDA #DA45CD

tetradic

#CDDA45 #45DA9D #5245DA #DA4583

square

#CDDA45 #45DA9D #5245DA #DA4583

split-complementary

#CDDA45 #4583DA #9D45DA

monochromatic

#80891B #AFBC25 #CDDA45 #DBE478 #E8EEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#CDDA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA45

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA45	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.167 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e581',
    500: '#cdda45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda45;
$custom-light: #e0e581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.235,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85196,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA45

secondary

#3C348F

accent

#3EEA4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA45

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

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