#CDDB42#CDDB42

#CDDB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.170 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDB42
RGB	rgb(205, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -23.36, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 73.37, 108.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0709 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.17 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4931, 64.0364, 14.8009)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDB42 #5042DB

analogous

#DB9C42 #CDDB42 #80DB42

triadic

#CDDB42 #42CDDB #DB42CD

tetradic

#CDDB42 #42DB9C #5042DB #DB4280

square

#CDDB42 #42DB9C #5042DB #DB4280

split-complementary

#CDDB42 #4280DB #9C42DB

monochromatic

#7E891A #AEBC24 #CDDB42 #DBE575 #E8EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CDDB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#CDDB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDB42

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDB42	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.170 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e680',
    500: '#cddb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddb42;
$custom-light: #e0e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.49,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85392,
    "c": 0.17034,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDB42

secondary

#3B338F

accent

#3DEB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDB42

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

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