#CDDD37#CDDD37

#CDDD37 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	#CDDD37
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -24.84, 73.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 77.74, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.0759 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.179 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7244, 64.9688, 13.4291)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD37 #4737DD

analogous

#DD9A37 #CDDD37 #7ADD37

triadic

#CDDD37 #37CDDD #DD37CD

tetradic

#CDDD37 #37DD9A #4737DD #DD377A

square

#CDDD37 #37DD9A #4737DD #DD377A

split-complementary

#CDDD37 #377ADD #9A37DD

monochromatic

#798316 #A9B81F #CDDD37 #DAE66B #E7EFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CDDD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD37

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD37	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)

#EDD20A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.179 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e77b',
    500: '#cddd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd37;
$custom-light: #e0e77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.783,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8576,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD37

secondary

#372E8A

accent

#3AEE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD37

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

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