#CDDA4A#CDDA4A

#CDDA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.164 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA4A
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 74)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 66.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -22.44, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 70.06, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0676 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.164 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4856, 63.6173, 16.0444)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA4A #574ADA

analogous

#DA9F4A #CDDA4A #85DA4A

triadic

#CDDA4A #4ACDDA #DA4ACD

tetradic

#CDDA4A #4ADA9F #574ADA #DA4A85

square

#CDDA4A #4ADA9F #574ADA #DA4A85

split-complementary

#CDDA4A #4A85DA #9F4ADA

monochromatic

#838D1D #B2C027 #CDDA4A #DBE47D #E9EFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#CDDA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA4A

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA4A	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)

#E9D035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.164 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe584',
    500: '#cdda4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda4a;
$custom-light: #dfe584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85233,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA4A

secondary

#3E3692

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA4A

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

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