#CDD842#CDD842

#CDD842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.167 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD842
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -21.91, 68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 72.16, 107.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0669 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.167 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7175, 62.4852, 14.5423)
Luminance	0.6248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD842 #4D42D8

analogous

#D89842 #CDD842 #82D842

triadic

#CDD842 #42CDD8 #D842CD

tetradic

#CDD842 #42D898 #4D42D8 #D84282

square

#CDD842 #42D898 #4D42D8 #D84282

split-complementary

#CDD842 #4282D8 #9842D8

monochromatic

#7D841B #ACB726 #CDD842 #DAE275 #E8EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDD842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#CDD842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD842

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD842	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.167 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e380',
    500: '#cdd842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd842;
$custom-light: #e0e380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8474,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD842

secondary

#3A338B

accent

#3FE94C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD842

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

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