#CFDD42#CFDD42

#CFDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.172 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFDD42
RGB	rgb(207, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -23.51, 70.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 74.11, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0714 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.172 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5734, 65.3726, 15.0019)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFDD42 #5042DD

analogous

#DD9E42 #CFDD42 #82DD42

triadic

#CFDD42 #42CFDD #DD42CF

tetradic

#CFDD42 #42DD9E #5042DD #DD4282

square

#CFDD42 #42DD9E #5042DD #DD4282

split-complementary

#CFDD42 #4282DD #9E42DD

monochromatic

#818C19 #B1BF22 #CFDD42 #DCE676 #E9F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CFDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#CFDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFDD42

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFDD42	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfdd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.172 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e780',
    500: '#cfdd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfdd42;
$custom-light: #e1e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfdd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85982,
    "c": 0.17189,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFDD42

secondary

#3B3291

accent

#3BEC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFDD42

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

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