#CDCC38#CDCC38

#CDCC38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.161 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC38
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -16.49, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 70.99, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0526 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.161 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4853, 56.4519, 12.1356)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC38 #3839CD

analogous

#CD8138 #CDCC38 #83CD38

triadic

#CDCC38 #38CDCC #CC38CD

tetradic

#CDCC38 #38CD81 #3839CD #CD3883

square

#CDCC38 #38CD81 #3839CD #CD3883

split-complementary

#CDCC38 #3883CD #8138CD

monochromatic

#6F6E1C #A09F28 #CDCC38 #D9D969 #E6E59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC38

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC38	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.161 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db79',
    500: '#cdcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc38;
$custom-light: #e0db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82081,
    "c": 0.16097,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC38

secondary

#313278

accent

#46E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC38

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

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