#CDD137#CDD137

#CDD137 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.166 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD137
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -19.01, 70.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 73.15, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0597 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.166 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.6686, 58.8572, 12.4105)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD137 #3B37D1

analogous

#D18837 #CDD137 #80D137

triadic

#CDD137 #37CDD1 #D137CD

tetradic

#CDD137 #37D188 #3B37D1 #D13780

square

#CDD137 #37D188 #3B37D1 #D13780

split-complementary

#CDD137 #3780D1 #8837D1

monochromatic

#71731A #A2A526 #CDD137 #D9DC69 #E6E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDD137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#CDD137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD137

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD137	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de79',
    500: '#cdd137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd137;
$custom-light: #e0de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.558,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83152,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.58856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD137

secondary

#32307C

accent

#42E646

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD137

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

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