#CDC38F#CDC38F

#CDC38F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.070 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC38F
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 143)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -4.46, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 27.82, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0103 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.07 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6503, 53.9937, 33.7876)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC38F #8F99CD

analogous

#CDA48F #CDC38F #B8CD8F

triadic

#CDC38F #8FCDC3 #C38FCD

tetradic

#CDC38F #8FCDA4 #8F99CD #CD8FB8

square

#CDC38F #8FCDA4 #8F99CD #CD8FB8

split-complementary

#CDC38F #8FB8CD #A48FCD

monochromatic

#9C8E46 #BAAC65 #CDC38F #E0DAB9 #F3F0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CDC38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC38F

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC38F	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.070 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b0',
    500: '#cdc38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc38f;
$custom-light: #ddd5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC38F

secondary

#5E69A2

accent

#48B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC38F

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

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