#CDD042#CDD042

#CDD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.159 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD042
RGB	rgb(205, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -17.99, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 69.00, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0559 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.159 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7177, 58.4855, 13.8757)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD042 #4542D0

analogous

#D08C42 #CDD042 #86D042

triadic

#CDD042 #42CDD0 #D042CD

tetradic

#CDD042 #42D08C #4542D0 #D04286

square

#CDD042 #42D08C #4542D0 #D04286

split-complementary

#CDD042 #4286D0 #8C42D0

monochromatic

#77791E #A8AA2A #CDD042 #DADC73 #E7E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD042

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD042	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.159 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7f',
    500: '#cdd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd042;
$custom-light: #e0de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.268,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83009,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD042

secondary

#363581

accent

#44E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD042

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

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