#CDDC42#CDDC42

#CDDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.171 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDC42
RGB	rgb(205, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -23.84, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 73.78, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0722 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.171 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7548, 64.5598, 14.8881)
Luminance	0.6456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDC42 #5142DC

analogous

#DC9E42 #CDDC42 #80DC42

triadic

#CDDC42 #42CDDC #DC42CD

tetradic

#CDDC42 #42DC9E #5142DC #DC4280

square

#CDDC42 #42DC9E #5142DC #DC4280

split-complementary

#CDDC42 #4280DC #9E42DC

monochromatic

#7F8A1A #AFBE23 #CDDC42 #DBE676 #E8EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CDDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDC42

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDC42	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)

#ECD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.171 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e680',
    500: '#cddc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddc42;
$custom-light: #e0e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8561,
    "c": 0.17141,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDC42

secondary

#3B3290

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDC42

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

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