#CDDE55#CDDE55

#CDDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.160 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDE55
RGB	rgb(205, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -23.68, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 67.50, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0699 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.16 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9389, 65.8783, 18.5196)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDE55 #6655DE

analogous

#DEAA55 #CDDE55 #89DE55

triadic

#CDDE55 #55CDDE #DE55CD

tetradic

#CDDE55 #55DEAA #6655DE #DE5589

square

#CDDE55 #55DEAA #6655DE #DE5589

split-complementary

#CDDE55 #5589DE #AA55DE

monochromatic

#8B9B1E #B9CE28 #CDDE55 #DCE888 #EBF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CDDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#CDDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDE55

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDE55	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdde55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.160 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe88b',
    500: '#cdde55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdde55;
$custom-light: #dfe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdde55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.445,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86197,
    "c": 0.16041,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDE55

secondary

#45399E

accent

#16CF2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDE55

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

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