#CDD253#CDD253

#CDD253 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	#CDD253
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -17.96, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 63.14, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0541 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.149 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7861, 59.6980, 17.0822)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD253 #5853D2

analogous

#D29753 #CDD253 #8ED253

triadic

#CDD253 #53CDD2 #D253CD

tetradic

#CDD253 #53D297 #5853D2 #D2538E

square

#CDD253 #53D297 #5853D2 #D2538E

split-complementary

#CDD253 #538ED2 #9753D2

monochromatic

#838723 #B2B830 #CDD253 #DBDF84 #E9EBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#CDD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD253

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD253	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)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.149 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf89',
    500: '#cdd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd253;
$custom-light: #dfdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.362,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83582,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD253

secondary

#3F3B8E

accent

#46E24C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD253

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

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