#CDBD38#CDBD38

#CDBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.147 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD38
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -8.90, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 65.83, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0313 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.147 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0902, 49.6618, 11.0039)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD38 #3848CD

analogous

#CD7238 #CDBD38 #92CD38

triadic

#CDBD38 #38CDBD #BD38CD

tetradic

#CDBD38 #38CD72 #3848CD #CD3892

square

#CDBD38 #38CD72 #3848CD #CD3892

split-complementary

#CDBD38 #3892CD #7238CD

monochromatic

#6F661C #A09328 #CDBD38 #D9CD69 #E6DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CDBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD38

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD38	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.147 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d078',
    500: '#cdbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd38;
$custom-light: #e0d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.557,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD38

secondary

#8F97D1

accent

#56E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD38

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

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