#CDD940#CDD940

#CDD940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.169 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD940
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -22.50, 69.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 73.26, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0687 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.169 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9166, 62.9760, 14.3229)
Luminance	0.6298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD940 #4C40D9

analogous

#D99940 #CDD940 #80D940

triadic

#CDD940 #40CDD9 #D940CD

tetradic

#CDD940 #40D999 #4C40D9 #D94080

square

#CDD940 #40D999 #4C40D9 #D94080

split-complementary

#CDD940 #4080D9 #9940D9

monochromatic

#7C841A #ACB724 #CDD940 #DAE373 #E8EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CDD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD940

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD940	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.169 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e47f',
    500: '#cdd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd940;
$custom-light: #e0e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.706,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84943,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD940

secondary

#39328B

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD940

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

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