#CDD456#CDD456

#CDD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.148 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD456
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -18.74, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 62.74, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.056 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.148 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4013, 60.7391, 17.8711)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD456 #5D56D4

analogous

#D49C56 #CDD456 #8ED456

triadic

#CDD456 #56CDD4 #D456CD

tetradic

#CDD456 #56D49C #5D56D4 #D4568E

square

#CDD456 #56D49C #5D56D4 #D4568E

split-complementary

#CDD456 #568ED4 #9C56D4

monochromatic

#868C24 #B5BD30 #CDD456 #DBE087 #EAEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#CDD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD456

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD456	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.148 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18b',
    500: '#cdd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd456;
$custom-light: #dfe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84041,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD456

secondary

#413C92

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD456

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

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