#CDD542#CDD542

#CDD542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.164 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD542
RGB	rgb(205, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -20.45, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 70.96, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0628 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.164 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9560, 60.9621, 14.2885)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD542 #4A42D5

analogous

#D59342 #CDD542 #84D542

triadic

#CDD542 #42CDD5 #D542CD

tetradic

#CDD542 #42D593 #4A42D5 #D54284

square

#CDD542 #42D593 #4A42D5 #D54284

split-complementary

#CDD542 #4284D5 #9342D5

monochromatic

#7B801C #ABB228 #CDD542 #DAE074 #E7EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CDD542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CDD542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD542

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD542	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.164 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17f',
    500: '#cdd542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd542;
$custom-light: #e0e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84089,
    "c": 0.164,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD542

secondary

#383487

accent

#41E74A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD542

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

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