#CDB138#CDB138

#CDB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB138
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -2.66, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 62.22, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0136 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6149, 44.7112, 10.1788)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB138 #3854CD

analogous

#CD6638 #CDB138 #9ECD38

triadic

#CDB138 #38CDB1 #B138CD

tetradic

#CDB138 #38CD66 #3854CD #CD389E

square

#CDB138 #38CD66 #3854CD #CD389E

split-complementary

#CDB138 #389ECD #6638CD

monochromatic

#6F5F1C #A08928 #CDB138 #D9C469 #E6D79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CDB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB138

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB138	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c776',
    500: '#cdb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb138;
$custom-light: #e0c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76382,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB138

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB138

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

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