#CDD855#CDD855

#CDD855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.154 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD855
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -20.77, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 64.88, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0618 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.154 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3736, 62.7477, 17.9978)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD855 #6055D8

analogous

#D8A255 #CDD855 #8CD855

triadic

#CDD855 #55CDD8 #D855CD

tetradic

#CDD855 #55D8A2 #6055D8 #D8558C

square

#CDD855 #55D8A2 #6055D8 #D8558C

split-complementary

#CDD855 #558CD8 #A255D8

monochromatic

#889121 #B6C32D #CDD855 #DCE387 #EAEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#CDD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD855

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD855	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.154 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38a',
    500: '#cdd855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd855;
$custom-light: #dfe38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84895,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD855

secondary

#423B96

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD855

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

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