#CDD437#CDD437

#CDD437 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.169 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD437
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -20.48, 71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 74.28, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0638 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.169 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4115, 60.3431, 12.6582)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD437 #3E37D4

analogous

#D48C37 #CDD437 #7FD437

triadic

#CDD437 #37CDD4 #D437CD

tetradic

#CDD437 #37D48C #3E37D4 #D4377F

square

#CDD437 #37D48C #3E37D4 #D4377F

split-complementary

#CDD437 #377FD4 #8C37D4

monochromatic

#73771A #A3A924 #CDD437 #DADF69 #E6EA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDD437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#CDD437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD437

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD437	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.169 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17a',
    500: '#cdd437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd437;
$custom-light: #e0e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.675,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83801,
    "c": 0.16941,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD437

secondary

#34307F

accent

#40E848

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD437

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

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