#CDDE44#CDDE44

#CDDE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.172 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDE44
RGB	rgb(205, 222, 68)
HSL	hsl(67, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 69.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -24.70, 69.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 73.91, 109.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0744 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.172 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3428, 65.6399, 15.3801)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDE44 #5544DE

analogous

#DEA244 #CDDE44 #80DE44

triadic

#CDDE44 #44CDDE #DE44CD

tetradic

#CDDE44 #44DEA2 #5544DE #DE4480

square

#CDDE44 #44DEA2 #5544DE #DE4480

split-complementary

#CDDE44 #4480DE #A244DE

monochromatic

#828E19 #B1C222 #CDDE44 #DBE778 #E9F0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CDDE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#CDDE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDE44

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDE44	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdde44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 222, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.172 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e881',
    500: '#cdde44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdde44;
$custom-light: #e0e881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdde44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.623,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8606,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDE44

secondary

#3D3394

accent

#3BED4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDE44

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

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