#CDD942#CDD942

#CDD942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD942
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -22.40, 69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 72.56, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0682 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.168 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9745, 62.9992, 14.6280)
Luminance	0.6300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD942 #4E42D9

analogous

#D99942 #CDD942 #81D942

triadic

#CDD942 #42CDD9 #D942CD

tetradic

#CDD942 #42D999 #4E42D9 #D94281

square

#CDD942 #42D999 #4E42D9 #D94281

split-complementary

#CDD942 #4281D9 #9942D9

monochromatic

#7D861B #ADB925 #CDD942 #DAE375 #E8EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CDD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD942

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD942	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)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e480',
    500: '#cdd942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd942;
$custom-light: #e0e480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.768,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84957,
    "c": 0.16821,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD942

secondary

#3A338C

accent

#3EE94C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD942

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

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