#CDD440#CDD440

#CDD440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.164 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD440
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -20.06, 68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 71.27, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0619 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.164 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6473, 60.4374, 13.8998)
Luminance	0.6044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD440 #4740D4

analogous

#D49140 #CDD440 #83D440

triadic

#CDD440 #40CDD4 #D440CD

tetradic

#CDD440 #40D491 #4740D4 #D44083

square

#CDD440 #40D491 #4740D4 #D44083

split-complementary

#CDD440 #4083D4 #9140D4

monochromatic

#797D1C #A9AF27 #CDD440 #DADF72 #E7EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#CDD440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD440

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD440	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.164 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17e',
    500: '#cdd440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd440;
$custom-light: #e0e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.838,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83859,
    "c": 0.16421,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD440

secondary

#373385

accent

#42E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD440

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

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