#CDD962#CDD962

#CDD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD962
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -20.28, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 59.78, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0591 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.144 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1953, 63.4875, 21.0576)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD962 #6E62D9

analogous

#D9A962 #CDD962 #92D962

triadic

#CDD962 #62CDD9 #D962CD

tetradic

#CDD962 #62D9A9 #6E62D9 #D96292

square

#CDD962 #62D9A9 #6E62D9 #D96292

split-complementary

#CDD962 #6292D9 #A962D9

monochromatic

#8F9B26 #BDCC31 #CDD962 #DDE593 #ECF1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#CDD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD962

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD962	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee492',
    500: '#cdd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd962;
$custom-light: #dee492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.05,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85244,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD962

secondary

#4A409F

accent

#1DC92E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD962

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

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