#CDD037#CDD037

#CDD037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.165 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD037
RGB	rgb(205, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -18.52, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 72.78, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0584 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.165 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4240, 58.3681, 12.3290)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD037 #3A37D0

analogous

#D08637 #CDD037 #81D037

triadic

#CDD037 #37CDD0 #D037CD

tetradic

#CDD037 #37D086 #3A37D0 #D03781

square

#CDD037 #37D086 #3A37D0 #D03781

split-complementary

#CDD037 #3781D0 #8637D0

monochromatic

#70721B #A1A326 #CDD037 #D9DC69 #E6E79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDD037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDD037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD037

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD037	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.165 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de79',
    500: '#cdd037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd037;
$custom-light: #e0de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82936,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD037

secondary

#32307B

accent

#43E546

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD037

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

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