#CDD742#CDD742

#CDD742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.166 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD742
RGB	rgb(205, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -21.43, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 71.76, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0655 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.166 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4621, 61.9744, 14.4572)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD742 #4C42D7

analogous

#D79742 #CDD742 #82D742

triadic

#CDD742 #42CDD7 #D742CD

tetradic

#CDD742 #42D797 #4C42D7 #D74282

square

#CDD742 #42D797 #4C42D7 #D74282

split-complementary

#CDD742 #4282D7 #9742D7

monochromatic

#7C831C #ACB526 #CDD742 #DAE275 #E8ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CDD742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#CDD742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD742

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD742	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)

#E7CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.166 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e37f',
    500: '#cdd742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd742;
$custom-light: #e0e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84522,
    "c": 0.1661,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD742

secondary

#39348A

accent

#40E84B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD742

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

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