#CDD140#CDD140

#CDD140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.161 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD140
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -18.59, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 70.11, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0577 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.161 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.9043, 58.9515, 13.6521)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD140 #4440D1

analogous

#D18C40 #CDD140 #84D140

triadic

#CDD140 #40CDD1 #D140CD

tetradic

#CDD140 #40D18C #4440D1 #D14084

square

#CDD140 #40D18C #4440D1 #D14084

split-complementary

#CDD140 #4084D1 #8C40D1

monochromatic

#77791D #A7AB29 #CDD140 #DADD71 #E7E9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDD140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CDD140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD140

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD140	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.161 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7e',
    500: '#cdd140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd140;
$custom-light: #e0de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.655,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8321,
    "c": 0.16114,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.5895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD140

secondary

#363481

accent

#44E448

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD140

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

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