#CDD565#CDD565

#CDD565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.136 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD565
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 52.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -18.07, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 56.62, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0525 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.136 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3211, 61.5082, 21.4781)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD565 #6D65D5

analogous

#D5A565 #CDD565 #95D565

triadic

#CDD565 #65CDD5 #D565CD

tetradic

#CDD565 #65D5A5 #6D65D5 #D56595

square

#CDD565 #65D5A5 #6D65D5 #D56595

split-complementary

#CDD565 #6595D5 #A565D5

monochromatic

#8F9729 #BCC736 #CDD565 #DDE295 #ECEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#CDD565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD565

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD565	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.136 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee194',
    500: '#cdd565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd565;
$custom-light: #dee194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84417,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD565

secondary

#49439C

accent

#21C52C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD565

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

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