#CDD56D#CDD56D

#CDD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.129 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD56D
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 48.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -17.36, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 52.95, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0497 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.129 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7323, 61.6726, 23.6438)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD56D #756DD5

analogous

#D5A96D #CDD56D #99D56D

triadic

#CDD56D #6DCDD5 #D56DCD

tetradic

#CDD56D #6DD5A9 #756DD5 #D56D99

square

#CDD56D #6DD5A9 #756DD5 #D56D99

split-complementary

#CDD56D #6D99D5 #A96DD5

monochromatic

#939B2D #BDC73D #CDD56D #DDE39D #EEF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#CDD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD56D

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD56D	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.129 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee199',
    500: '#cdd56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd56d;
$custom-light: #dee199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 55.319,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84516,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD56D

secondary

#4D47A0

accent

#23C32F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD56D

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

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