#CDDD36#CDDD36

#CDDD36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.179 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD36
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -24.88, 73.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 78.04, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0761 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.179 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7006, 64.9593, 13.3042)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD36 #4636DD

analogous

#DD9A36 #CDDD36 #79DD36

triadic

#CDDD36 #36CDDD #DD36CD

tetradic

#CDDD36 #36DD9A #4636DD #DD3679

square

#CDDD36 #36DD9A #4636DD #DD3679

split-complementary

#CDDD36 #3679DD #9A36DD

monochromatic

#788316 #A8B71F #CDDD36 #DAE66A #E7EF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CDDD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD36

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD36	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.179 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e77a',
    500: '#cddd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd36;
$custom-light: #e0e77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.749,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85754,
    "c": 0.17917,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD36

secondary

#372E89

accent

#3AEE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD36

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

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