#CDD157#CDD157

#CDD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD157
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -17.18, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 61.03, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0515 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.144 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6989, 59.2693, 17.8371)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD157 #5B57D1

analogous

#D19857 #CDD157 #90D157

triadic

#CDD157 #57CDD1 #D157CD

tetradic

#CDD157 #57D198 #5B57D1 #D15790

square

#CDD157 #57D198 #5B57D1 #D15790

split-complementary

#CDD157 #5790D1 #9857D1

monochromatic

#858825 #B4B832 #CDD157 #DBDE87 #EAEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#CDD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD157

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD157	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde8b',
    500: '#cdd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd157;
$custom-light: #dfde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.967,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83406,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD157

secondary

#403D8F

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD157

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

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