#CDD462#CDD462

#CDD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD462
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 53.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -17.82, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 57.52, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0521 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.138 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9260, 60.9489, 20.6345)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD462 #6962D4

analogous

#D4A262 #CDD462 #94D462

triadic

#CDD462 #62CDD4 #D462CD

tetradic

#CDD462 #62D4A2 #6962D4 #D46294

square

#CDD462 #62D4A2 #6962D4 #D46294

split-complementary

#CDD462 #6294D4 #A262D4

monochromatic

#8D9328 #BBC335 #CDD462 #DCE192 #ECEEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CDD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD462

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD462	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee192',
    500: '#cdd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd462;
$custom-light: #dee192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.684,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84168,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD462

secondary

#474299

accent

#21C52B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD462

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

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