#CDD162#CDD162

#CDD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; 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	#CDD162
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 53.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -16.34, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 56.19, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0479 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.135 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1831, 59.4630, 20.3869)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD162 #6662D1

analogous

#D19D62 #CDD162 #96D162

triadic

#CDD162 #62CDD1 #D162CD

tetradic

#CDD162 #62D19D #6662D1 #D16296

square

#CDD162 #62D19D #6662D1 #D16296

split-complementary

#CDD162 #6296D1 #9D62D1

monochromatic

#8B8F2A #B9BE38 #CDD162 #DCDF91 #EBEDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CDD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD162

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD162	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)

#DFC957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dede92',
    500: '#cdd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd162;
$custom-light: #dede92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.162,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83524,
    "c": 0.13456,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD162

secondary

#454295

accent

#23C229

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD162

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

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