#CDDA48#CDDA48

#CDDA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.165 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA48
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -22.56, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 70.81, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0681 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.165 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4193, 63.5908, 15.6952)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA48 #5548DA

analogous

#DA9E48 #CDDA48 #84DA48

triadic

#CDDA48 #48CDDA #DA48CD

tetradic

#CDDA48 #48DA9E #5548DA #DA4884

square

#CDDA48 #48DA9E #5548DA #DA4884

split-complementary

#CDDA48 #4884DA #9E48DA

monochromatic

#828B1C #B1BE26 #CDDA48 #DBE47B #E9EFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#CDDA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA48

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA48	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.165 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e583',
    500: '#cdda48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda48;
$custom-light: #e0e583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 66.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85218,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA48

secondary

#3D3591

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA48

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

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