#CDB438#CDB438

#CDB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB438
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -4.23, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 63.07, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0181 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2140, 45.9093, 10.3785)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB438 #3851CD

analogous

#CD6938 #CDB438 #9BCD38

triadic

#CDB438 #38CDB4 #B438CD

tetradic

#CDB438 #38CD69 #3851CD #CD389B

square

#CDB438 #38CD69 #3851CD #CD389B

split-complementary

#CDB438 #389BCD #6938CD

monochromatic

#6F611C #A08C28 #CDB438 #D9C669 #E6D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CDB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB438

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB438	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca77',
    500: '#cdb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb438;
$custom-light: #e0ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77003,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB438

secondary

#8F9BD1

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB438

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

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