#CDBE38#CDBE38

#CDBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.148 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE38
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -9.41, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 66.15, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0327 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.148 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3061, 50.0935, 11.0758)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE38 #3847CD

analogous

#CD7338 #CDBE38 #91CD38

triadic

#CDBE38 #38CDBE #BE38CD

tetradic

#CDBE38 #38CD73 #3847CD #CD3891

square

#CDBE38 #38CD73 #3847CD #CD3891

split-complementary

#CDBE38 #3891CD #7338CD

monochromatic

#6F661C #A09428 #CDBE38 #D9CE69 #E6DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#CDBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE38

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE38	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.148 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d178',
    500: '#cdbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe38;
$custom-light: #e0d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79098,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE38

secondary

#313878

accent

#55E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE38

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

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