#CDD556#CDD556

#CDD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.149 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD556
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -19.23, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 63.17, 107.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0573 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6521, 61.2406, 17.9546)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD556 #5E56D5

analogous

#D59D56 #CDD556 #8DD556

triadic

#CDD556 #56CDD5 #D556CD

tetradic

#CDD556 #56D59D #5E56D5 #D5568D

square

#CDD556 #56D59D #5E56D5 #D5568D

split-complementary

#CDD556 #568DD5 #9D56D5

monochromatic

#878D23 #B5BE2F #CDD556 #DCE187 #EAEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#CDD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD556

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD556	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18b',
    500: '#cdd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd556;
$custom-light: #dfe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84256,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD556

secondary

#413C93

accent

#44E34E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD556

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

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