#CDA838#CDA838

#CDA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA838
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 2.10, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 59.91, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.133 90)
XYZ	xyz(39.8955, 41.2724, 9.6057)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA838 #385DCD

analogous

#CD5D38 #CDA838 #A7CD38

triadic

#CDA838 #38CDA8 #A838CD

tetradic

#CDA838 #38CD5D #385DCD #CD38A7

square

#CDA838 #38CD5D #385DCD #CD38A7

split-complementary

#CDA838 #38A7CD #5D38CD

monochromatic

#6F5A1C #A08228 #CDA838 #D9BD69 #E6D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CDA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA838

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA838	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c176',
    500: '#cda838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda838;
$custom-light: #e0c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74538,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.4127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA838

secondary

#8FA0D1

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA838

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

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