#CDB938#CDB938

#CDB938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.144 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB938
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -6.84, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 64.57, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0255 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.144 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2416, 47.9646, 10.7210)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB938 #384CCD

analogous

#CD6E38 #CDB938 #96CD38

triadic

#CDB938 #38CDB9 #B938CD

tetradic

#CDB938 #38CD6E #384CCD #CD3896

square

#CDB938 #38CD6E #384CCD #CD3896

split-complementary

#CDB938 #3896CD #6E38CD

monochromatic

#6F641C #A09028 #CDB938 #D9CA69 #E6DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CDB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB938

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB938	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.144 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd77',
    500: '#cdb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb938;
$custom-light: #e0cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78046,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB938

secondary

#8F98D1

accent

#5AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB938

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

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