#CDD338#CDD338

#CDD338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.168 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD338
RGB	rgb(205, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -19.95, 70.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 73.58, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0623 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.168 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1866, 59.8544, 12.7027)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD338 #3E38D3

analogous

#D38C38 #CDD338 #7FD338

triadic

#CDD338 #38CDD3 #D338CD

tetradic

#CDD338 #38D38C #3E38D3 #D3387F

square

#CDD338 #38D38C #3E38D3 #D3387F

split-complementary

#CDD338 #387FD3 #8C38D3

monochromatic

#73761A #A3A925 #CDD338 #DADE6A #E6E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CDD338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#CDD338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD338

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD338	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.168 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e07a',
    500: '#cdd338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd338;
$custom-light: #e0e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.323,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83591,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD338

secondary

#34307F

accent

#41E747

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD338

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

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