#CDCA38#CDCA38

#CDCA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA38
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -15.49, 68.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 70.26, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0498 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.159 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0130, 55.5072, 11.9781)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA38 #383BCD

analogous

#CD7F38 #CDCA38 #85CD38

triadic

#CDCA38 #38CDCA #CA38CD

tetradic

#CDCA38 #38CD7F #383BCD #CD3885

square

#CDCA38 #38CD7F #383BCD #CD3885

split-complementary

#CDCA38 #3885CD #7F38CD

monochromatic

#6F6D1C #A09D28 #CDCA38 #D9D769 #E6E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CDCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA38

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA38	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d979',
    500: '#cdca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca38;
$custom-light: #e0d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81652,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA38

secondary

#313378

accent

#48E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA38

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

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