#CDC38E#CDC38E

#CDC38E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.071 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC38E
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -4.59, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 28.33, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0107 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.071 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5749, 53.9635, 33.3904)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC38E #8E98CD

analogous

#CDA38E #CDC38E #B7CD8E

triadic

#CDC38E #8ECDC3 #C38ECD

tetradic

#CDC38E #8ECDA3 #8E98CD #CD8EB7

square

#CDC38E #8ECDA3 #8E98CD #CD8EB7

split-complementary

#CDC38E #8EB7CD #A38ECD

monochromatic

#9C8E45 #BAAC64 #CDC38E #E0DAB8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC38E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC38E	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)

#CDC08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.071 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5af',
    500: '#cdc38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc38e;
$custom-light: #ddd5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81255,
    "c": 0.07084,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC38E

secondary

#5D68A2

accent

#48B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC38E

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

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