#CDDA57#CDDA57

#CDDA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.154 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA57
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -21.60, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 64.92, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0639 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.154 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9697, 63.8109, 18.5940)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA57 #6457DA

analogous

#DAA557 #CDDA57 #8CDA57

triadic

#CDDA57 #57CDDA #DA57CD

tetradic

#CDDA57 #57DAA5 #6457DA #DA578C

square

#CDDA57 #57DAA5 #6457DA #DA578C

split-complementary

#CDDA57 #578CDA #A557DA

monochromatic

#8A9621 #B8C82C #CDDA57 #DCE589 #EBF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#CDDA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA57

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA57	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)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.154 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe58c',
    500: '#cdda57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda57;
$custom-light: #dfe58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.954,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85347,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA57

secondary

#443B9A

accent

#41E751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA57

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

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