#CDDD51#CDDD51

#CDDD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.162 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD51
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -23.46, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 68.65, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0697 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.162 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5197, 65.2869, 17.6179)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD51 #6151DD

analogous

#DDA751 #CDDD51 #87DD51

triadic

#CDDD51 #51CDDD #DD51CD

tetradic

#CDDD51 #51DDA7 #6151DD #DD5187

square

#CDDD51 #51DDA7 #6151DD #DD5187

split-complementary

#CDDD51 #5187DD #A751DD

monochromatic

#88961D #B7C927 #CDDD51 #DCE784 #EAF1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CDDD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#CDDD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD51

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD51	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.162 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe788',
    500: '#cddd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd51;
$custom-light: #dfe788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85943,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD51

secondary

#43389B

accent

#3EEA51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD51

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

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