#CDC38C#CDC38C

#CDC38C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.073 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC38C
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 140)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -4.84, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 29.36, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0115 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.073 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4261, 53.9040, 32.6067)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC38C #8C96CD

analogous

#CDA28C #CDC38C #B7CD8C

triadic

#CDC38C #8CCDC3 #C38CCD

tetradic

#CDC38C #8CCDA2 #8C96CD #CD8CB7

square

#CDC38C #8CCDA2 #8C96CD #CD8CB7

split-complementary

#CDC38C #8CB7CD #A28CCD

monochromatic

#9B8E43 #BAAD61 #CDC38C #E0D9B7 #F2F0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC38C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CDC38C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC38C

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC38C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC38C	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc38c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.073 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ae',
    500: '#cdc38c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc38c;
$custom-light: #ddd5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc38c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81216,
    "c": 0.07327,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC38C

secondary

#5C66A2

accent

#47B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC38C

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

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