#CDD557#CDD557

#CDD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; 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	#CDD557
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -19.16, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 62.75, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.057 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6926, 61.2568, 18.1683)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD557 #5F57D5

analogous

#D59E57 #CDD557 #8ED557

triadic

#CDD557 #57CDD5 #D557CD

tetradic

#CDD557 #57D59E #5F57D5 #D5578E

square

#CDD557 #57D59E #5F57D5 #D5578E

split-complementary

#CDD557 #578ED5 #9E57D5

monochromatic

#878E24 #B6BF30 #CDD557 #DCE188 #EAEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#CDD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD557

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD557	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe18b',
    500: '#cdd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd557;
$custom-light: #dfe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.81,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84266,
    "c": 0.14866,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD557

secondary

#423C94

accent

#45E34F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD557

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

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