#CDBA38#CDBA38

#CDBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA38
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -7.35, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 64.88, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0269 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4516, 48.3845, 10.7910)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA38 #384BCD

analogous

#CD6F38 #CDBA38 #95CD38

triadic

#CDBA38 #38CDBA #BA38CD

tetradic

#CDBA38 #38CD6F #384BCD #CD3895

square

#CDBA38 #38CD6F #384BCD #CD3895

split-complementary

#CDBA38 #3895CD #6F38CD

monochromatic

#6F641C #A09028 #CDBA38 #D9CB69 #E6DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#CDBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA38

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA38	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce77',
    500: '#cdba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba38;
$custom-light: #e0ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78256,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA38

secondary

#8F98D1

accent

#59E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA38

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

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