#CDC038#CDC038

#CDC038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.150 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC038
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -10.44, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 66.81, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0356 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.15 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7422, 50.9658, 11.2212)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC038 #3845CD

analogous

#CD7538 #CDC038 #8FCD38

triadic

#CDC038 #38CDC0 #C038CD

tetradic

#CDC038 #38CD75 #3845CD #CD388F

square

#CDC038 #38CD75 #3845CD #CD388F

split-complementary

#CDC038 #388FCD #7538CD

monochromatic

#6F681C #A09528 #CDC038 #D9CF69 #E6DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#CDC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC038

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC038	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.150 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d278',
    500: '#cdc038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc038;
$custom-light: #e0d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79521,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC038

secondary

#313778

accent

#53E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC038

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

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