#CDDB51#CDDB51

#CDDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.160 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDB51
RGB	rgb(205, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -22.49, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 67.79, 109.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.067 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.16 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.9948, 64.2371, 17.4430)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDB51 #5F51DB

analogous

#DBA451 #CDDB51 #88DB51

triadic

#CDDB51 #51CDDB #DB51CD

tetradic

#CDDB51 #51DBA4 #5F51DB #DB5188

square

#CDDB51 #51DBA4 #5F51DB #DB5188

split-complementary

#CDDB51 #5188DB #A451DB

monochromatic

#87931E #B6C629 #CDDB51 #DCE584 #EAF0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CDDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#CDDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDB51

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDB51	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.160 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe688',
    500: '#cddb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddb51;
$custom-light: #dfe688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.087,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85509,
    "c": 0.16007,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDB51

secondary

#423898

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDB51

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

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