#CDD242#CDD242

#CDD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.161 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD242
RGB	rgb(205, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -18.98, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 69.78, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0586 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.161 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2084, 59.4669, 14.0393)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD242 #4742D2

analogous

#D28F42 #CDD242 #85D242

triadic

#CDD242 #42CDD2 #D242CD

tetradic

#CDD242 #42D28F #4742D2 #D24285

square

#CDD242 #42D28F #4742D2 #D24285

split-complementary

#CDD242 #4285D2 #8F42D2

monochromatic

#797C1E #A9AD29 #CDD242 #DADE73 #E7EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CDD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CDD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD242

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD242	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.161 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df7f',
    500: '#cdd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd242;
$custom-light: #e0df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8344,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD242

secondary

#373484

accent

#43E549

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD242

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

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