#CDA938#CDA938

#CDA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA938
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 1.57, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.15, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0015 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.133 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0809, 41.6430, 9.6674)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA938 #385CCD

analogous

#CD5E38 #CDA938 #A6CD38

triadic

#CDA938 #38CDA9 #A938CD

tetradic

#CDA938 #38CD5E #385CCD #CD38A6

square

#CDA938 #38CD5E #385CCD #CD38A6

split-complementary

#CDA938 #38A6CD #5E38CD

monochromatic

#6F5B1C #A08328 #CDA938 #D9BE69 #E6D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CDA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA938

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA938	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#cda938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda938;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA938

secondary

#8F9FD1

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA938

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

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