#CDDE42#CDDE42

#CDDE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.174 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDE42
RGB	rgb(205, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -24.80, 70.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 74.60, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0749 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.174 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2828, 65.6159, 15.0641)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDE42 #5342DE

analogous

#DEA142 #CDDE42 #7FDE42

triadic

#CDDE42 #42CDDE #DE42CD

tetradic

#CDDE42 #42DEA1 #5342DE #DE427F

square

#CDDE42 #42DEA1 #5342DE #DE427F

split-complementary

#CDDE42 #427FDE #A142DE

monochromatic

#808D19 #B0C122 #CDDE42 #DBE776 #E9F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CDDE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#CDDE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDE42

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDE42	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdde42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.174 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e880',
    500: '#cdde42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdde42;
$custom-light: #e0e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdde42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86046,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDE42

secondary

#3C3292

accent

#3BED4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDE42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →