#CDD555#CDD555

#CDD555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.150 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD555
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -19.30, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 63.58, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0576 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.15 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6121, 61.2246, 17.7439)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD555 #5D55D5

analogous

#D59D55 #CDD555 #8DD555

triadic

#CDD555 #55CDD5 #D555CD

tetradic

#CDD555 #55D59D #5D55D5 #D5558D

square

#CDD555 #55D59D #5D55D5 #D5558D

split-complementary

#CDD555 #558DD5 #9D55D5

monochromatic

#868D23 #B5BE2F #CDD555 #DBE186 #EAEDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#CDD555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD555

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD555	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.150 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18a',
    500: '#cdd555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd555;
$custom-light: #dfe18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84247,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD555

secondary

#413C93

accent

#44E44E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD555

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

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