#CDDB59#CDDB59

#CDDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.154 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDB59
RGB	rgb(205, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -21.95, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 64.54, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0647 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3127, 64.3643, 19.1170)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDB59 #6759DB

analogous

#DBA859 #CDDB59 #8CDB59

triadic

#CDDB59 #59CDDB #DB59CD

tetradic

#CDDB59 #59DBA8 #6759DB #DB598C

square

#CDDB59 #59DBA8 #6759DB #DB598C

split-complementary

#CDDB59 #598CDB #A859DB

monochromatic

#8C9921 #BACB2C #CDDB59 #DCE68B #EBF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#CDDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDB59

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDB59	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe68d',
    500: '#cddb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddb59;
$custom-light: #dfe68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85583,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDB59

secondary

#463B9D

accent

#19CC2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDB59

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

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