#CDD357#CDD357

#CDD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD357
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -18.17, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 61.89, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0543 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.146 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1927, 60.2569, 18.0017)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD357 #5D57D3

analogous

#D39B57 #CDD357 #8FD357

triadic

#CDD357 #57CDD3 #D357CD

tetradic

#CDD357 #57D39B #5D57D3 #D3578F

square

#CDD357 #57D39B #5D57D3 #D3578F

split-complementary

#CDD357 #578FD3 #9B57D3

monochromatic

#868B24 #B5BC31 #CDD357 #DBE087 #EAECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#CDD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD357

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD357	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe08b',
    500: '#cdd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd357;
$custom-light: #dfe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83835,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD357

secondary

#413D91

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD357

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

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