#CDD561#CDD561

#CDD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD561
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -18.40, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 58.42, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0539 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.14 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1299, 61.4317, 20.4710)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD561 #6961D5

analogous

#D5A361 #CDD561 #93D561

triadic

#CDD561 #61CDD5 #D561CD

tetradic

#CDD561 #61D5A3 #6961D5 #D56193

square

#CDD561 #61D5A3 #6961D5 #D56193

split-complementary

#CDD561 #6193D5 #A361D5

monochromatic

#8D9427 #BBC534 #CDD561 #DCE291 #ECEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#CDD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD561

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD561	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee191',
    500: '#cdd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd561;
$custom-light: #dee191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84371,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD561

secondary

#474199

accent

#20C62B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD561

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

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