#CDBF38#CDBF38

#CDBF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.149 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF38
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -9.93, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 66.48, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0342 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.149 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5234, 50.5281, 11.1483)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF38 #3846CD

analogous

#CD7438 #CDBF38 #90CD38

triadic

#CDBF38 #38CDBF #BF38CD

tetradic

#CDBF38 #38CD74 #3846CD #CD3890

square

#CDBF38 #38CD74 #3846CD #CD3890

split-complementary

#CDBF38 #3890CD #7438CD

monochromatic

#6F671C #A09428 #CDBF38 #D9CF69 #E6DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#CDBF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF38

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF38	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.149 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d278',
    500: '#cdbf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf38;
$custom-light: #e0d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79309,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF38

secondary

#313878

accent

#54E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF38

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

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