#CDDC44#CDDC44

#CDDC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.170 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDC44
RGB	rgb(205, 220, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -23.74, 69.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 73.08, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0718 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.17 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8148, 64.5838, 15.2041)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDC44 #5344DC

analogous

#DC9F44 #CDDC44 #81DC44

triadic

#CDDC44 #44CDDC #DC44CD

tetradic

#CDDC44 #44DC9F #5344DC #DC4481

square

#CDDC44 #44DC9F #5344DC #DC4481

split-complementary

#CDDC44 #4481DC #9F44DC

monochromatic

#808B1A #B0BF24 #CDDC44 #DBE678 #E9EFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CDDC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#CDDC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDC44

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDC44	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 220, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.170 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e681',
    500: '#cddc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddc44;
$custom-light: #e0e681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.921,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85624,
    "c": 0.17016,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDC44

secondary

#3C3391

accent

#3CEB4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDC44

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

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