#CDD656#CDD656

#CDD656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.151 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD656
RGB	rgb(205, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -19.72, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 63.60, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0587 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.151 113)
XYZ	xyz(50.9044, 61.7452, 18.0387)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD656 #5F56D6

analogous

#D69F56 #CDD656 #8DD656

triadic

#CDD656 #56CDD6 #D656CD

tetradic

#CDD656 #56D69F #5F56D6 #D6568D

square

#CDD656 #56D69F #5F56D6 #D6568D

split-complementary

#CDD656 #568DD6 #9F56D6

monochromatic

#878F23 #B6C02F #CDD656 #DCE287 #EAEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#CDD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD656

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD656	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.151 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe28b',
    500: '#cdd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd656;
$custom-light: #dfe28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.61744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD656

secondary

#423C95

accent

#44E44F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD656

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

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