#CDDD38#CDDD38

#CDDD38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.178 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDD38
RGB	rgb(205, 221, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -24.79, 73.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 77.44, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0757 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.178 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7486, 64.9785, 13.5567)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDD38 #4838DD

analogous

#DD9B38 #CDDD38 #7BDD38

triadic

#CDDD38 #38CDDD #DD38CD

tetradic

#CDDD38 #38DD9B #4838DD #DD387B

square

#CDDD38 #38DD9B #4838DD #DD387B

split-complementary

#CDDD38 #387BDD #9B38DD

monochromatic

#798417 #A9B81F #CDDD38 #DAE66C #E7EFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CDDD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#CDDD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDD38

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDD38	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD20E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 221, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.178 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e77b',
    500: '#cddd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddd38;
$custom-light: #e0e77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.818,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85765,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDD38

secondary

#382F8B

accent

#3AEE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDD38

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

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