#CDD142#CDD142

#CDD142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.160 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD142
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -18.49, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 69.39, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0573 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.16 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.9622, 58.9747, 13.9573)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD142 #4642D1

analogous

#D18E42 #CDD142 #86D142

triadic

#CDD142 #42CDD1 #D142CD

tetradic

#CDD142 #42D18E #4642D1 #D14286

square

#CDD142 #42D18E #4642D1 #D14286

split-complementary

#CDD142 #4286D1 #8E42D1

monochromatic

#787B1E #A8AC2A #CDD142 #DADD73 #E7E9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDD142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#CDD142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD142

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD142	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)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.160 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7f',
    500: '#cdd142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd142;
$custom-light: #e0de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.58973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD142

secondary

#373583

accent

#44E448

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD142

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

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