#CDDA42#CDDA42

#CDDA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.169 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA42
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -22.88, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 72.97, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0695 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.169 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2330, 63.5163, 14.7142)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA42 #4F42DA

analogous

#DA9B42 #CDDA42 #81DA42

triadic

#CDDA42 #42CDDA #DA42CD

tetradic

#CDDA42 #42DA9B #4F42DA #DA4281

square

#CDDA42 #42DA9B #4F42DA #DA4281

split-complementary

#CDDA42 #4281DA #9B42DA

monochromatic

#7E871A #AEBA24 #CDDA42 #DBE475 #E8EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#CDDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA42

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA42	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.169 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e580',
    500: '#cdda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda42;
$custom-light: #e0e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.132,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85174,
    "c": 0.16928,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA42

secondary

#3B338D

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA42

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

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