#CDDF42#CDDF42

#CDDF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.175 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDF42
RGB	rgb(205, 223, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -25.28, 70.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 75.01, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0762 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.175 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5492, 66.1486, 15.1529)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDF42 #5442DF

analogous

#DFA342 #CDDF42 #7FDF42

triadic

#CDDF42 #42CDDF #DF42CD

tetradic

#CDDF42 #42DFA3 #5442DF #DF427F

square

#CDDF42 #42DFA3 #5442DF #DF427F

split-complementary

#CDDF42 #427FDF #A342DF

monochromatic

#818E18 #B0C321 #CDDF42 #DBE876 #E9F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CDDF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#CDDF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDF42

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDF42	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 223, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.175 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e880',
    500: '#cddf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddf42;
$custom-light: #e0e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.879,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86264,
    "c": 0.17464,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDF42

secondary

#3D3294

accent

#3AEE4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDF42

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

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