#CDD044#CDD044

#CDD044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.158 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD044
RGB	rgb(205, 208, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -17.88, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 68.26, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0554 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.158 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7777, 58.5095, 14.1917)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD044 #4744D0

analogous

#D08D44 #CDD044 #87D044

triadic

#CDD044 #44CDD0 #D044CD

tetradic

#CDD044 #44D08D #4744D0 #D04487

square

#CDD044 #44D08D #4744D0 #D04487

split-complementary

#CDD044 #4487D0 #8D44D0

monochromatic

#797B1F #A9AC2B #CDD044 #DADC75 #E7E9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CDD044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CDD044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD044

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD044	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)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 208, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.158 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de80',
    500: '#cdd044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd044;
$custom-light: #e0de80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD044

secondary

#373683

accent

#45E348

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD044

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

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