#CDD953#CDD953

#CDD953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.156 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD953
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -21.39, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 66.12, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0637 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.156 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5523, 63.2303, 17.6709)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD953 #5F53D9

analogous

#D9A253 #CDD953 #8AD953

triadic

#CDD953 #53CDD9 #D953CD

tetradic

#CDD953 #53D9A2 #5F53D9 #D9538A

square

#CDD953 #53D9A2 #5F53D9 #D9538A

split-complementary

#CDD953 #538AD9 #A253D9

monochromatic

#879120 #B6C42B #CDD953 #DCE485 #EAEFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#CDD953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD953

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD953	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.156 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe489',
    500: '#cdd953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd953;
$custom-light: #dfe489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85093,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD953

secondary

#423A97

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD953

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

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