#CDD960#CDD960

#CDD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD960
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -20.44, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 60.66, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0597 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.146 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1021, 63.4502, 20.5665)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD960 #6C60D9

analogous

#D9A960 #CDD960 #91D960

triadic

#CDD960 #60CDD9 #D960CD

tetradic

#CDD960 #60D9A9 #6C60D9 #D96091

square

#CDD960 #60D9A9 #6C60D9 #D96091

split-complementary

#CDD960 #6091D9 #A960D9

monochromatic

#8E9A25 #BCCB31 #CDD960 #DDE591 #ECF1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#CDD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD960

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD960	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe491',
    500: '#cdd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd960;
$custom-light: #dfe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85222,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD960

secondary

#483F9E

accent

#1CC92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD960

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

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