#CDBB38#CDBB38

#CDBB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB38
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -7.87, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 65.19, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0284 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6630, 48.8073, 10.8615)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB38 #384ACD

analogous

#CD7038 #CDBB38 #94CD38

triadic

#CDBB38 #38CDBB #BB38CD

tetradic

#CDBB38 #38CD70 #384ACD #CD3894

square

#CDBB38 #38CD70 #384ACD #CD3894

split-complementary

#CDBB38 #3894CD #7038CD

monochromatic

#6F651C #A09128 #CDBB38 #D9CC69 #E6DC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#CDBB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB38

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB38	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf77',
    500: '#cdbb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb38;
$custom-light: #e0cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB38

secondary

#8F97D1

accent

#58E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB38

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

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