#CDDA37#CDDA37

#CDDA37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.176 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA37
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -23.39, 72.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 76.57, 107.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0719 0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.176 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9394, 63.3988, 13.1675)
Luminance	0.6340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA37 #4437DA

analogous

#DA9537 #CDDA37 #7BDA37

triadic

#CDDA37 #37CDDA #DA37CD

tetradic

#CDDA37 #37DA95 #4437DA #DA377B

square

#CDDA37 #37DA95 #4437DA #DA377B

split-complementary

#CDDA37 #377BDA #9537DA

monochromatic

#777F18 #A7B321 #CDDA37 #DAE46B #E7ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CDDA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#CDDA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA37

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA37	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.176 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e57a',
    500: '#cdda37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda37;
$custom-light: #e0e57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.785,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85105,
    "c": 0.17554,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA37

secondary

#362F86

accent

#3CEC4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA37

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

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