#CDD442#CDD442

#CDD442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.163 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD442
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -19.96, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 70.56, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0614 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.163 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7052, 60.4606, 14.2049)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD442 #4942D4

analogous

#D49242 #CDD442 #84D442

triadic

#CDD442 #42CDD4 #D442CD

tetradic

#CDD442 #42D492 #4942D4 #D44284

square

#CDD442 #42D492 #4942D4 #D44284

split-complementary

#CDD442 #4284D4 #9242D4

monochromatic

#7A7F1D #AAB128 #CDD442 #DADF74 #E7EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CDD442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#CDD442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD442

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD442	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)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.163 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17f',
    500: '#cdd442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd442;
$custom-light: #e0e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83873,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD442

secondary

#383486

accent

#42E64A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD442

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

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