#FFCD37#FFCD37

#FFCD37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.163 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFCD37
RGB	rgb(255, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 78.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, 4.14, 75.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 75.46, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% 0.0031 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.163 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7649, 65.2028, 12.8406)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFCD37 #3769FF

analogous

#FF6937 #FFCD37 #CDFF37

triadic

#FFCD37 #37FFCD #CD37FF

tetradic

#FFCD37 #37FF69 #3769FF #FF37CD

square

#FFCD37 #37FF69 #3769FF #FF37CD

split-complementary

#FFCD37 #37CDFF #6937FF

monochromatic

#BC8D00 #F9BB00 #FFCD37 #FFDC74 #FFECB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#FFCD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#FFCD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFCD37

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFCD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFCD37	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2D940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffcd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.163 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffdb7a',
    500: '#ffcd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffcd37;
$custom-light: #ffdb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffcd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86872,
    "c": 0.1633,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFCD37

secondary

#2147B9

accent

#39E600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFCD37

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

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