#CDB738#CDB738

#CDB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB738
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -5.80, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 63.96, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0225 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8262, 47.1337, 10.5825)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB738 #384ECD

analogous

#CD6C38 #CDB738 #98CD38

triadic

#CDB738 #38CDB7 #B738CD

tetradic

#CDB738 #38CD6C #384ECD #CD3898

square

#CDB738 #38CD6C #384ECD #CD3898

split-complementary

#CDB738 #3898CD #6C38CD

monochromatic

#6F631C #A08E28 #CDB738 #D9C969 #E6DA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CDB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB738

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB738	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc77',
    500: '#cdb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb738;
$custom-light: #e0cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77628,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB738

secondary

#8F99D1

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB738

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →