#CDD256#CDD256

#CDD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.146 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD256
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -17.75, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 61.88, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0532 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.146 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9045, 59.7453, 17.7054)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD256 #5B56D2

analogous

#D29956 #CDD256 #8FD256

triadic

#CDD256 #56CDD2 #D256CD

tetradic

#CDD256 #56D299 #5B56D2 #D2568F

square

#CDD256 #56D299 #5B56D2 #D2568F

split-complementary

#CDD256 #568FD2 #9956D2

monochromatic

#858925 #B4B931 #CDD256 #DBDF86 #EAECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CDD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD256

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD256	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)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.146 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf8a',
    500: '#cdd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd256;
$custom-light: #dfdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8361,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD256

secondary

#403D90

accent

#47E14D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD256

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

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