#CDD355#CDD355

#CDD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.148 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD355
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -18.31, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 62.73, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0549 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.148 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1121, 60.2247, 17.5773)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD355 #5B55D3

analogous

#D39A55 #CDD355 #8ED355

triadic

#CDD355 #55CDD3 #D355CD

tetradic

#CDD355 #55D39A #5B55D3 #D3558E

square

#CDD355 #55D39A #5B55D3 #D3558E

split-complementary

#CDD355 #558ED3 #9A55D3

monochromatic

#858A24 #B4BB30 #CDD355 #DBE086 #EAECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#CDD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD355

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD355	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.148 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe08a',
    500: '#cdd355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd355;
$custom-light: #dfe08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83816,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD355

secondary

#403C90

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD355

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

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