#CDDA38#CDDA38

#CDDA38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.175 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA38
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -23.35, 72.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 76.26, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0717 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.175 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9636, 63.4085, 13.2950)
Luminance	0.6341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA38 #4538DA

analogous

#DA9638 #CDDA38 #7CDA38

triadic

#CDDA38 #38CDDA #DA38CD

tetradic

#CDDA38 #38DA96 #4538DA #DA387C

square

#CDDA38 #38DA96 #4538DA #DA387C

split-complementary

#CDDA38 #387CDA #9638DA

monochromatic

#778018 #A8B321 #CDDA38 #DAE46C #E7ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#CDDA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA38

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA38	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	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)

#EACF11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.175 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e57b',
    500: '#cdda38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda38;
$custom-light: #e0e57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.815,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85111,
    "c": 0.17502,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA38

secondary

#362F87

accent

#3CEB4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA38

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

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