#CDDC40#CDDC40

#CDDC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.173 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDC40
RGB	rgb(205, 220, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -23.95, 70.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 74.46, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0727 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.173 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6969, 64.5366, 14.5830)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDC40 #4F40DC

analogous

#DC9D40 #CDDC40 #7FDC40

triadic

#CDDC40 #40CDDC #DC40CD

tetradic

#CDDC40 #40DC9D #4F40DC #DC407F

square

#CDDC40 #40DC9D #4F40DC #DC407F

split-complementary

#CDDC40 #407FDC #9D40DC

monochromatic

#7E8919 #AEBC23 #CDDC40 #DBE574 #E8EFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDDC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CDDC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDC40

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDC40	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 220, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.173 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e67f',
    500: '#cddc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddc40;
$custom-light: #e0e67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85596,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDC40

secondary

#3B328F

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDC40

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

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