#CDD955#CDD955

#CDD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.155 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD955
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -21.26, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 65.31, 108.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0631 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.155 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6306, 63.2616, 18.0834)
Luminance	0.6326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD955 #6155D9

analogous

#D9A355 #CDD955 #8BD955

triadic

#CDD955 #55CDD9 #D955CD

tetradic

#CDD955 #55D9A3 #6155D9 #D9558B

square

#CDD955 #55D9A3 #6155D9 #D9558B

split-complementary

#CDD955 #558BD9 #A355D9

monochromatic

#889321 #B7C52C #CDD955 #DCE487 #EAEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#CDD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD955

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD955	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)

#E8CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.155 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe48a',
    500: '#cdd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd955;
$custom-light: #dfe48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85111,
    "c": 0.15474,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD955

secondary

#433A98

accent

#41E650

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD955

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

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