#CDD941#CDD941

#CDD941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.169 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD941
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -22.45, 69.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 72.91, 107.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0684 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.169 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9453, 62.9875, 14.4741)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD941 #4D41D9

analogous

#D99941 #CDD941 #81D941

triadic

#CDD941 #41CDD9 #D941CD

tetradic

#CDD941 #41D999 #4D41D9 #D94181

square

#CDD941 #41D999 #4D41D9 #D94181

split-complementary

#CDD941 #4181D9 #9941D9

monochromatic

#7D851B #ACB825 #CDD941 #DAE374 #E8EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CDD941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD941

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD941	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)

#E9CF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.169 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e47f',
    500: '#cdd941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd941;
$custom-light: #e0e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8495,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD941

secondary

#3A338B

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD941

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

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