#CDD862#CDD862

#CDD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD862
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -19.79, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 59.33, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0577 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.143 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9383, 62.9736, 20.9720)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD862 #6D62D8

analogous

#D8A862 #CDD862 #92D862

triadic

#CDD862 #62CDD8 #D862CD

tetradic

#CDD862 #62D8A8 #6D62D8 #D86292

square

#CDD862 #62D8A8 #6D62D8 #D86292

split-complementary

#CDD862 #6292D8 #A862D8

monochromatic

#8F9926 #BCCA32 #CDD862 #DDE493 #ECF0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#CDD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD862

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD862	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee392',
    500: '#cdd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd862;
$custom-light: #dee392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.593,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85028,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD862

secondary

#49409E

accent

#1EC82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD862

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

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