#CDD551#CDD551

#CDD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.153 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD551
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -19.57, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 65.23, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0588 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.153 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4576, 61.1628, 16.9306)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD551 #5951D5

analogous

#D59B51 #CDD551 #8BD551

triadic

#CDD551 #51CDD5 #D551CD

tetradic

#CDD551 #51D59B #5951D5 #D5518B

square

#CDD551 #51D59B #5951D5 #D5518B

split-complementary

#CDD551 #518BD5 #9B51D5

monochromatic

#848A21 #B3BC2D #CDD551 #DBE182 #E9EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#CDD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD551

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD551	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)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.153 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe188',
    500: '#cdd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd551;
$custom-light: #dfe188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8421,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD551

secondary

#3F3A90

accent

#44E44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD551

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

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