#CDD740#CDD740

#CDD740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.167 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD740
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -21.53, 69.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 72.46, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.066 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.167 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4042, 61.9513, 14.1521)
Luminance	0.6195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD740 #4A40D7

analogous

#D79640 #CDD740 #81D740

triadic

#CDD740 #40CDD7 #D740CD

tetradic

#CDD740 #40D796 #4A40D7 #D74081

square

#CDD740 #40D796 #4A40D7 #D74081

split-complementary

#CDD740 #4081D7 #9640D7

monochromatic

#7B811B #ABB426 #CDD740 #DAE273 #E7ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#CDD740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD740

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD740	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.167 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e37e',
    500: '#cdd740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd740;
$custom-light: #e0e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.974,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84509,
    "c": 0.16734,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD740

secondary

#383388

accent

#3FE84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD740

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

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