#CDDA55#CDDA55

#CDDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.156 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA55
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -21.74, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 65.75, 109.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0645 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.156 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8891, 63.7787, 18.1696)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA55 #6255DA

analogous

#DAA555 #CDDA55 #8ADA55

triadic

#CDDA55 #55CDDA #DA55CD

tetradic

#CDDA55 #55DAA5 #6255DA #DA558A

square

#CDDA55 #55DAA5 #6255DA #DA558A

split-complementary

#CDDA55 #558ADA #A555DA

monochromatic

#899420 #B7C72B #CDDA55 #DCE587 #EBF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#CDDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA55

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA55	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.156 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe58a',
    500: '#cdda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda55;
$custom-light: #dfe58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85328,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA55

secondary

#433A99

accent

#41E751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA55

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

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