#CDD356#CDD356

#CDD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.147 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD356
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -18.24, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 62.31, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.0546 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.147 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1521, 60.2407, 17.7880)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD356 #5C56D3

analogous

#D39A56 #CDD356 #8ED356

triadic

#CDD356 #56CDD3 #D356CD

tetradic

#CDD356 #56D39A #5C56D3 #D3568E

square

#CDD356 #56D39A #5C56D3 #D3568E

split-complementary

#CDD356 #568ED3 #9A56D3

monochromatic

#868B24 #B4BB31 #CDD356 #DBE087 #EAECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#CDD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD356

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD356	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.147 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe08a',
    500: '#cdd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd356;
$custom-light: #dfe08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83826,
    "c": 0.14727,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD356

secondary

#403C91

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD356

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

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