#CDDC57#CDDC57

#CDDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.157 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDC57
RGB	rgb(205, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -22.57, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 65.81, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0666 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.157 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4915, 64.8544, 18.7679)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDC57 #6657DC

analogous

#DCA857 #CDDC57 #8ADC57

triadic

#CDDC57 #57CDDC #DC57CD

tetradic

#CDDC57 #57DCA8 #6657DC #DC578A

square

#CDDC57 #57DCA8 #6657DC #DC578A

split-complementary

#CDDC57 #578ADC #A857DC

monochromatic

#8B9920 #B9CB2A #CDDC57 #DCE78A #EBF1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#CDDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDC57

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDC57	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.157 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe68c',
    500: '#cddc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddc57;
$custom-light: #dfe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.767,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85781,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDC57

secondary

#453A9D

accent

#18CD2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDC57

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

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