#CDDE57#CDDE57

#CDDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.159 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDE57
RGB	rgb(205, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -23.54, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 66.69, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0694 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.159 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0195, 65.9105, 18.9439)
Luminance	0.6591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDE57 #6857DE

analogous

#DEAC57 #CDDE57 #89DE57

triadic

#CDDE57 #57CDDE #DE57CD

tetradic

#CDDE57 #57DEAC #6857DE #DE5789

square

#CDDE57 #57DEAC #6857DE #DE5789

split-complementary

#CDDE57 #5789DE #AC57DE

monochromatic

#8C9C1F #BACF29 #CDDE57 #DCE88A #EBF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CDDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#CDDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDE57

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDE57	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)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.159 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe88c',
    500: '#cdde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdde57;
$custom-light: #dfe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86215,
    "c": 0.15884,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDE57

secondary

#463AA0

accent

#16CF2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDE57

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

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