#CDD72E#CDD72E

#CDD72E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.177 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD72E
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.80, -22.29, 74.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.80, 78.03, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0696 0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.177 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9721, 61.7784, 11.8762)
Luminance	0.6178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD72E #382ED7

analogous

#D78C2E #CDD72E #78D72E

triadic

#CDD72E #2ECDD7 #D72ECD

tetradic

#CDD72E #2ED78C #382ED7 #D72E78

square

#CDD72E #2ED78C #382ED7 #D72E78

split-complementary

#CDD72E #2E78D7 #8C2ED7

monochromatic

#6F7416 #A0A820 #CDD72E #D9E161 #E6EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#CDD72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD72E

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD72E	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.177 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e376',
    500: '#cdd72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd72e;
$custom-light: #e0e376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.55,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84406,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD72E

secondary

#312C7D

accent

#3DEB47

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD72E

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

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