#CDD040#CDD040

#CDD040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.160 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD040
RGB	rgb(205, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -18.09, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 69.72, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0564 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.16 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6597, 58.4624, 13.5706)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD040 #4340D0

analogous

#D08B40 #CDD040 #85D040

triadic

#CDD040 #40CDD0 #D040CD

tetradic

#CDD040 #40D08B #4340D0 #D04085

square

#CDD040 #40D08B #4340D0 #D04085

split-complementary

#CDD040 #4085D0 #8B40D0

monochromatic

#76781E #A7A92A #CDD040 #DADC71 #E7E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#CDD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD040

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD040	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.160 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7e',
    500: '#cdd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd040;
$custom-light: #e0de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82995,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD040

secondary

#363480

accent

#44E447

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD040

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

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