#CDB838#CDB838

#CDB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB838
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -6.32, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 64.26, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.024 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0332, 47.5477, 10.6515)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB838 #384DCD

analogous

#CD6D38 #CDB838 #97CD38

triadic

#CDB838 #38CDB8 #B838CD

tetradic

#CDB838 #38CD6D #384DCD #CD3897

square

#CDB838 #38CD6D #384DCD #CD3897

split-complementary

#CDB838 #3897CD #6D38CD

monochromatic

#6F631C #A08F28 #CDB838 #D9C969 #E6DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CDB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB838

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB838	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc77',
    500: '#cdb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb838;
$custom-light: #e0cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB838

secondary

#8F99D1

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB838

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

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