#CDDF38#CDDF38

#CDDF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.180 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDF38
RGB	rgb(205, 223, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 0%, 74.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -25.75, 73.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 78.23, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0784 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.18 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2798, 66.0408, 13.7337)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDF38 #4A38DF

analogous

#DF9D38 #CDDF38 #7ADF38

triadic

#CDDF38 #38CDDF #DF38CD

tetradic

#CDDF38 #38DF9D #4A38DF #DF387A

square

#CDDF38 #38DF9D #4A38DF #DF387A

split-complementary

#CDDF38 #387ADF #9D38DF

monochromatic

#7B8716 #ABBC1E #CDDF38 #DAE76D #E7F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CDDF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#CDDF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDF38

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDF38	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD30C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cddf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 223, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.180 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e87b',
    500: '#cddf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cddf38;
$custom-light: #e0e87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cddf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.467,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86203,
    "c": 0.18025,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDF38

secondary

#382E8D

accent

#39EF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDF38

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

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