#CDC138#CDC138

#CDC138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC138
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -10.95, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 67.14, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0371 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.151 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9625, 51.4064, 11.2946)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC138 #3844CD

analogous

#CD7638 #CDC138 #8ECD38

triadic

#CDC138 #38CDC1 #C138CD

tetradic

#CDC138 #38CD76 #3844CD #CD388E

square

#CDC138 #38CD76 #3844CD #CD388E

split-complementary

#CDC138 #388ECD #7638CD

monochromatic

#6F681C #A09628 #CDC138 #D9D069 #E6DF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CDC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC138

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC138	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d378',
    500: '#cdc138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc138;
$custom-light: #e0d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79733,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC138

secondary

#313778

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC138

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

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