#CDD255#CDD255

#CDD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.147 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD255
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -17.82, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 62.31, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0535 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.147 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8645, 59.7293, 17.4947)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD255 #5A55D2

analogous

#D29855 #CDD255 #8ED255

triadic

#CDD255 #55CDD2 #D255CD

tetradic

#CDD255 #55D298 #5A55D2 #D2558E

square

#CDD255 #55D298 #5A55D2 #D2558E

split-complementary

#CDD255 #558ED2 #9855D2

monochromatic

#848824 #B3B931 #CDD255 #DBDF85 #E9ECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CDD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD255

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD255	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.147 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf8a',
    500: '#cdd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd255;
$custom-light: #dfdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83601,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD255

secondary

#403C8F

accent

#46E14D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD255

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

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