#CBDD42#CBDD42

#CBDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.173 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBDD42
RGB	rgb(203, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -25.14, 69.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 74.28, 109.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0757 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.173 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4697, 64.8035, 14.9501)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBDD42 #5442DD

analogous

#DDA242 #CBDD42 #7EDD42

triadic

#CBDD42 #42CBDD #DD42CB

tetradic

#CBDD42 #42DDA2 #5442DD #DD427E

square

#CBDD42 #42DDA2 #5442DD #DD427E

split-complementary

#CBDD42 #427EDD #A242DD

monochromatic

#7E8C19 #ADBF22 #CBDD42 #D9E676 #E8F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CBDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#CBDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBDD42

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBDD42	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbdd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.173 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee780',
    500: '#cbdd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbdd42;
$custom-light: #dee780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbdd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85674,
    "c": 0.1731,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBDD42

secondary

#3D3291

accent

#3BEC50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBDD42

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

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