#CDC38B#CDC38B

#CDC38B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.074 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC38B
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 139)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -4.97, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 29.88, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.012 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.074 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3527, 53.8746, 32.2201)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC38B #8B95CD

analogous

#CDA28B #CDC38B #B6CD8B

triadic

#CDC38B #8BCDC3 #C38BCD

tetradic

#CDC38B #8BCDA2 #8B95CD #CD8BB6

square

#CDC38B #8BCDA2 #8B95CD #CD8BB6

split-complementary

#CDC38B #8BB6CD #A28BCD

monochromatic

#9B8E43 #BBAD60 #CDC38B #DFD9B6 #F2EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC38B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC38B	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.074 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ad',
    500: '#cdc38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc38b;
$custom-light: #ddd5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81197,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC38B

secondary

#5B66A1

accent

#46B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC38B

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

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