#CDD642#CDD642

#CDD642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.165 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD642
RGB	rgb(205, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -20.94, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 71.36, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0641 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.165 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2083, 61.4667, 14.3726)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD642 #4B42D6

analogous

#D69542 #CDD642 #83D642

triadic

#CDD642 #42CDD6 #D642CD

tetradic

#CDD642 #42D695 #4B42D6 #D64283

square

#CDD642 #42D695 #4B42D6 #D64283

split-complementary

#CDD642 #4283D6 #9542D6

monochromatic

#7B821C #ABB427 #CDD642 #DAE174 #E8ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CDD642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#CDD642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD642

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD642	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.165 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e27f',
    500: '#cdd642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd642;
$custom-light: #e0e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.649,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84306,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD642

secondary

#393488

accent

#40E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD642

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

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