#CDAB38#CDAB38

#CDAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB38
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 0.50, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 60.64, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0046 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.134 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.4558, 42.3929, 9.7924)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB38 #385ACD

analogous

#CD6038 #CDAB38 #A4CD38

triadic

#CDAB38 #38CDAB #AB38CD

tetradic

#CDAB38 #38CD60 #385ACD #CD38A4

square

#CDAB38 #38CD60 #385ACD #CD38A4

split-complementary

#CDAB38 #38A4CD #6038CD

monochromatic

#6F5C1C #A08428 #CDAB38 #D9C069 #E6D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB38

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB38	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c376',
    500: '#cdab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab38;
$custom-light: #e0c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75149,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB38

secondary

#8F9FD1

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB38

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

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