#CDB538#CDB538

#CDB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB538
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -4.76, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 63.36, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0196 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(42.4166, 46.3145, 10.4460)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB538 #3850CD

analogous

#CD6A38 #CDB538 #9ACD38

triadic

#CDB538 #38CDB5 #B538CD

tetradic

#CDB538 #38CD6A #3850CD #CD389A

square

#CDB538 #38CD6A #3850CD #CD389A

split-complementary

#CDB538 #389ACD #6A38CD

monochromatic

#6F611C #A08C28 #CDB538 #D9C769 #E6D99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CDB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB538

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB538	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca77',
    500: '#cdb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb538;
$custom-light: #e0ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.46312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB538

secondary

#8F9AD1

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB538

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

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