#CDD161#CDD161

#CDD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD161
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -16.42, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 56.64, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0482 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.135 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1361, 59.4442, 20.1398)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD161 #6561D1

analogous

#D19D61 #CDD161 #95D161

triadic

#CDD161 #61CDD1 #D161CD

tetradic

#CDD161 #61D19D #6561D1 #D16195

square

#CDD161 #61D19D #6561D1 #D16195

split-complementary

#CDD161 #6195D1 #9D61D1

monochromatic

#8B8E29 #B9BE37 #CDD161 #DCDF90 #EBEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CDD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD161

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD161	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede91',
    500: '#cdd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd161;
$custom-light: #dede91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83513,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD161

secondary

#454294

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD161

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

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