#CDBC38#CDBC38

#CDBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC38
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -8.38, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 65.51, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0298 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8759, 49.2330, 10.9324)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC38 #3849CD

analogous

#CD7138 #CDBC38 #93CD38

triadic

#CDBC38 #38CDBC #BC38CD

tetradic

#CDBC38 #38CD71 #3849CD #CD3893

square

#CDBC38 #38CD71 #3849CD #CD3893

split-complementary

#CDBC38 #3893CD #7138CD

monochromatic

#6F651C #A09228 #CDBC38 #D9CC69 #E6DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#CDBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC38

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC38	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf78',
    500: '#cdbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc38;
$custom-light: #e0cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78676,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC38

secondary

#8F97D1

accent

#57E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC38

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

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