#CDD56E#CDD56E

#CDD56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.128 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD56E
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 48%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 48.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -17.27, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 52.49, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0494 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.128 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7864, 61.6943, 23.9290)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD56E #766ED5

analogous

#D5A96E #CDD56E #99D56E

triadic

#CDD56E #6ECDD5 #D56ECD

tetradic

#CDD56E #6ED5A9 #766ED5 #D56E99

square

#CDD56E #6ED5A9 #766ED5 #D56E99

split-complementary

#CDD56E #6E99D5 #A96ED5

monochromatic

#939C2D #BDC73F #CDD56E #DDE39D #EEF0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#CDD56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD56E

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD56E	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.128 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee19a',
    500: '#cdd56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd56e;
$custom-light: #dee19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.66,
    "s": 55.08,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84529,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD56E

secondary

#4E47A0

accent

#23C32F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD56E

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

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