#CDDE56#CDDE56

#CDDE56 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	#CDDE56
RGB	rgb(205, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -23.61, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 67.10, 110.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0697 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.16 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9789, 65.8943, 18.7303)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDE56 #6756DE

analogous

#DEAB56 #CDDE56 #89DE56

triadic

#CDDE56 #56CDDE #DE56CD

tetradic

#CDDE56 #56DEAB #6756DE #DE5689

square

#CDDE56 #56DEAB #6756DE #DE5689

split-complementary

#CDDE56 #5689DE #AB56DE

monochromatic

#8C9B1E #BACE28 #CDDE56 #DCE889 #EBF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CDDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#CDDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDE56

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDE56	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)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdde56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.160 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe88b',
    500: '#cdde56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdde56;
$custom-light: #dfe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdde56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86206,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDE56

secondary

#46399F

accent

#16CF2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDE56

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

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