#CDD956#CDD956

#CDD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.154 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD956
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -21.19, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 64.90, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.0629 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.154 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.6706, 63.2776, 18.2942)
Luminance	0.6328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD956 #6256D9

analogous

#D9A456 #CDD956 #8CD956

triadic

#CDD956 #56CDD9 #D956CD

tetradic

#CDD956 #56D9A4 #6256D9 #D9568C

square

#CDD956 #56D9A4 #6256D9 #D9568C

split-complementary

#CDD956 #568CD9 #A456D9

monochromatic

#899321 #B7C52C #CDD956 #DCE488 #EBEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#CDD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD956

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD956	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.154 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe48b',
    500: '#cdd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd956;
$custom-light: #dfe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85121,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD956

secondary

#433B98

accent

#41E651

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD956

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

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