#CDD844#CDD844

#CDD844 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.166 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD844
RGB	rgb(205, 216, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -21.81, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 71.45, 107.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0664 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.166 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7775, 62.5092, 14.8583)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD844 #4F44D8

analogous

#D89944 #CDD844 #83D844

triadic

#CDD844 #44CDD8 #D844CD

tetradic

#CDD844 #44D899 #4F44D8 #D84483

square

#CDD844 #44D899 #4F44D8 #D84483

split-complementary

#CDD844 #4483D8 #9944D8

monochromatic

#7E861C #AEB826 #CDD844 #DBE377 #E8EDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CDD844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#CDD844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD844

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD844	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)

#E8CE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 216, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.166 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e381',
    500: '#cdd844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd844;
$custom-light: #e0e381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.459,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84754,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD844

secondary

#3B348C

accent

#3FE84C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD844

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

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