#CDDD42#CDDD42

#CDDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.172 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD42
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -24.32, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 74.19, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0736 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.172 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0180, 65.0862, 14.9758)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD42 #5242DD

analogous

#DDA042 #CDDD42 #80DD42

triadic

#CDDD42 #42CDDD #DD42CD

tetradic

#CDDD42 #42DDA0 #5242DD #DD4280

square

#CDDD42 #42DDA0 #5242DD #DD4280

split-complementary

#CDDD42 #4280DD #A042DD

monochromatic

#808C19 #AFBF22 #CDDD42 #DBE676 #E8F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CDDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD42

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD42	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.172 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e780',
    500: '#cddd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd42;
$custom-light: #e0e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.194,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85828,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD42

secondary

#3C3291

accent

#3BEC4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD42

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

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