#CDDD44#CDDD44

#CDDD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.171 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD44
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -24.22, 69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 73.49, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0731 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.171 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.0780, 65.1102, 15.2918)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD44 #5444DD

analogous

#DDA144 #CDDD44 #80DD44

triadic

#CDDD44 #44CDDD #DD44CD

tetradic

#CDDD44 #44DDA1 #5444DD #DD4480

square

#CDDD44 #44DDA1 #5444DD #DD4480

split-complementary

#CDDD44 #4480DD #A144DD

monochromatic

#818D1A #B0C123 #CDDD44 #DBE678 #E9F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CDDD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD44

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD44	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)

#ECD22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.171 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e781',
    500: '#cddd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd44;
$custom-light: #e0e781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.275,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85842,
    "c": 0.17125,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD44

secondary

#3D3392

accent

#3CEC4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD44

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

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