#CDD937#CDD937

#CDD937 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.175 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDD937
RGB	rgb(205, 217, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -22.91, 72.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 76.18, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0706 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.175 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6808, 62.8817, 13.0813)
Luminance	0.6288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDD937 #4337D9

analogous

#D99437 #CDD937 #7CD937

triadic

#CDD937 #37CDD9 #D937CD

tetradic

#CDD937 #37D994 #4337D9 #D9377C

square

#CDD937 #37D994 #4337D9 #D9377C

split-complementary

#CDD937 #377CD9 #9437D9

monochromatic

#767E18 #A7B122 #CDD937 #DAE36A #E7ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CDD937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CDD937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDD937

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDD937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDD937	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdd937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 217, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.175 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e47a',
    500: '#cdd937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdd937;
$custom-light: #e0e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdd937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84888,
    "c": 0.17451,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDD937

secondary

#362F85

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDD937

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

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