#CDC388#CDC388

#CDC388 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.078 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC388
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -5.34, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 31.42, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0132 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.078 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1365, 53.7881, 31.0815)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC388 #8892CD

analogous

#CDA188 #CDC388 #B5CD88

triadic

#CDC388 #88CDC3 #C388CD

tetradic

#CDC388 #88CDA1 #8892CD #CD88B5

square

#CDC388 #88CDA1 #8892CD #CD88B5

split-complementary

#CDC388 #88B5CD #A188CD

monochromatic

#9A8D41 #BBAD5D #CDC388 #DFD9B3 #F1EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC388 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC388 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC388

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC388	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC388	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc388;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.078 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ab',
    500: '#cdc388',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc388;
$custom-light: #ddd5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc388",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8114,
    "c": 0.07808,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC388

secondary

#5963A0

accent

#45B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC388

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

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