#CDD257#CDD257

#CDD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.145 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD257
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -17.68, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 61.46, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0529 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.145 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9450, 59.7616, 17.9191)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD257 #5C57D2

analogous

#D29957 #CDD257 #8FD257

triadic

#CDD257 #57CDD2 #D257CD

tetradic

#CDD257 #57D299 #5C57D2 #D2578F

square

#CDD257 #57D299 #5C57D2 #D2578F

split-complementary

#CDD257 #578FD2 #9957D2

monochromatic

#868A25 #B4BA32 #CDD257 #DBDF87 #EAECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#CDD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD257

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD257	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)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.145 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf8b',
    500: '#cdd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd257;
$custom-light: #dfdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8362,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD257

secondary

#403D90

accent

#47E14D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD257

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

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