#CDD252#CDD252

#CDD252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.149 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD252
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 61%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -18.02, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 63.56, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0544 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.149 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7478, 59.6827, 16.8803)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD252 #5752D2

analogous

#D29752 #CDD252 #8DD252

triadic

#CDD252 #52CDD2 #D252CD

tetradic

#CDD252 #52D297 #5752D2 #D2528D

square

#CDD252 #52D297 #5752D2 #D2528D

split-complementary

#CDD252 #528DD2 #9752D2

monochromatic

#838723 #B2B730 #CDD252 #DBDF83 #E9EBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#CDD252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD252

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD252	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.149 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf88',
    500: '#cdd252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd252;
$custom-light: #dfdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83572,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD252

secondary

#3E3B8D

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD252

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

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