#CDC38D#CDC38D

#CDC38D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.072 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC38D
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -4.72, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 28.85, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0111 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.072 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5001, 53.9336, 32.9968)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC38D #8D97CD

analogous

#CDA38D #CDC38D #B7CD8D

triadic

#CDC38D #8DCDC3 #C38DCD

tetradic

#CDC38D #8DCDA3 #8D97CD #CD8DB7

square

#CDC38D #8DCDA3 #8D97CD #CD8DB7

split-complementary

#CDC38D #8DB7CD #A38DCD

monochromatic

#9B8E44 #BAAD62 #CDC38D #E0D9B8 #F2F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC38D

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC38D	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.072 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ae',
    500: '#cdc38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc38d;
$custom-light: #ddd5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81235,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC38D

secondary

#5C67A2

accent

#47B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC38D

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

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