#CDD438#CDD438

#CDD438 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; 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	#CDD438
RGB	rgb(205, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -20.44, 71.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 73.96, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0636 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.169 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4358, 60.3528, 12.7857)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD438 #3F38D4

analogous

#D48D38 #CDD438 #7FD438

triadic

#CDD438 #38CDD4 #D438CD

tetradic

#CDD438 #38D48D #3F38D4 #D4387F

square

#CDD438 #38D48D #3F38D4 #D4387F

split-complementary

#CDD438 #387FD4 #8D38D4

monochromatic

#74781A #A4AA25 #CDD438 #DADF6A #E6EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CDD438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#CDD438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD438

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD438	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)

#E4CA15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.169 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17a',
    500: '#cdd438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd438;
$custom-light: #e0e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.692,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83807,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD438

secondary

#343080

accent

#40E748

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD438

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

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