#CDDF56#CDDF56

#CDDF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.161 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDF56
RGB	rgb(205, 223, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -24.09, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 67.54, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.071 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.161 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2453, 66.4271, 18.8191)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDF56 #6856DF

analogous

#DFAC56 #CDDF56 #88DF56

triadic

#CDDF56 #56CDDF #DF56CD

tetradic

#CDDF56 #56DFAC #6856DF #DF5688

square

#CDDF56 #56DFAC #6856DF #DF5688

split-complementary

#CDDF56 #5688DF #AC56DF

monochromatic

#8C9D1E #BAD027 #CDDF56 #DCE989 #EBF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CDDF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#CDDF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDF56

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDF56	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 223, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.161 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe88b',
    500: '#cddf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddf56;
$custom-light: #dfe88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.883,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86423,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDF56

secondary

#4639A0

accent

#15D02E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDF56

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

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