#CDD550#CDD550

#CDD550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.154 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD550
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 80)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -19.63, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 65.63, 107.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0591 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.154 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4204, 61.1479, 16.7345)
Luminance	0.6115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD550 #5850D5

analogous

#D59A50 #CDD550 #8BD550

triadic

#CDD550 #50CDD5 #D550CD

tetradic

#CDD550 #50D59A #5850D5 #D5508B

square

#CDD550 #50D59A #5850D5 #D5508B

split-complementary

#CDD550 #508BD5 #9A50D5

monochromatic

#838A21 #B2BB2D #CDD550 #DBE181 #E9EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#CDD550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD550

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD550	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.154 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe187',
    500: '#cdd550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd550;
$custom-light: #dfe187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.609,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84201,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD550

secondary

#3F3990

accent

#43E44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD550

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

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