#CDD138#CDD138

#CDD138 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	#CDD138
RGB	rgb(205, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -18.97, 70.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 72.83, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0595 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.166 111)
XYZ	xyz(48.6928, 58.8669, 12.5381)
Luminance	0.5887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD138 #3C38D1

analogous

#D18938 #CDD138 #80D138

triadic

#CDD138 #38CDD1 #D138CD

tetradic

#CDD138 #38D189 #3C38D1 #D13880

square

#CDD138 #38D189 #3C38D1 #D13880

split-complementary

#CDD138 #3880D1 #8938D1

monochromatic

#71741B #A2A626 #CDD138 #D9DC6A #E6E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CDD138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#CDD138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD138

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD138	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)

#E1C817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7a',
    500: '#cdd138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd138;
$custom-light: #e0de7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.569,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83158,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.58866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD138

secondary

#33317C

accent

#42E647

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD138

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

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