#CDC238#CDC238

#CDC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.152 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC238
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -11.46, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 67.48, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0385 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.152 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1843, 51.8500, 11.3686)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC238 #3843CD

analogous

#CD7738 #CDC238 #8ECD38

triadic

#CDC238 #38CDC2 #C238CD

tetradic

#CDC238 #38CD77 #3843CD #CD388E

square

#CDC238 #38CD77 #3843CD #CD388E

split-complementary

#CDC238 #388ECD #7738CD

monochromatic

#6F691C #A09728 #CDC238 #D9D169 #E6E09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CDC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC238

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC238	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.152 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d478',
    500: '#cdc238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc238;
$custom-light: #e0d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79945,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC238

secondary

#313678

accent

#50E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC238

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

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