#CDD840#CDD840

#CDD840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.168 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD840
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -22.01, 69.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 72.86, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0673 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.168 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6596, 62.4621, 14.2372)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD840 #4B40D8

analogous

#D89740 #CDD840 #81D840

triadic

#CDD840 #40CDD8 #D840CD

tetradic

#CDD840 #40D897 #4B40D8 #D84081

square

#CDD840 #40D897 #4B40D8 #D84081

split-complementary

#CDD840 #4081D8 #9740D8

monochromatic

#7B831B #ABB625 #CDD840 #DAE273 #E8EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDD840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#CDD840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD840

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD840	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.168 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e37f',
    500: '#cdd840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd840;
$custom-light: #e0e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.342,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84726,
    "c": 0.16838,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD840

secondary

#39338A

accent

#3FE94B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD840

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

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