#CDDA52#CDDA52

#CDDA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.158 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA52
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 62.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -21.94, 63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 66.96, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0654 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.158 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7725, 63.7320, 17.5552)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA52 #5F52DA

analogous

#DAA352 #CDDA52 #89DA52

triadic

#CDDA52 #52CDDA #DA52CD

tetradic

#CDDA52 #52DAA3 #5F52DA #DA5289

square

#CDDA52 #52DAA3 #5F52DA #DA5289

split-complementary

#CDDA52 #5289DA #A352DA

monochromatic

#87921F #B6C52A #CDDA52 #DCE584 #EAF0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#CDDA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA52

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA52	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.158 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe589',
    500: '#cdda52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda52;
$custom-light: #dfe589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85301,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA52

secondary

#423997

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA52

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

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