#CDCF38#CDCF38

#CDCF38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.164 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF38
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -17.98, 69.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 72.09, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0568 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.164 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2052, 57.8917, 12.3755)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF38 #3A38CF

analogous

#CF8638 #CDCF38 #82CF38

triadic

#CDCF38 #38CDCF #CF38CD

tetradic

#CDCF38 #38CF86 #3A38CF #CF3882

square

#CDCF38 #38CF86 #3A38CF #CF3882

split-complementary

#CDCF38 #3882CF #8638CF

monochromatic

#70711B #A1A327 #CDCF38 #D9DB69 #E6E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CDCF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF38

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF38	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.164 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dd7a',
    500: '#cdcf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf38;
$custom-light: #e0dd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82727,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF38

secondary

#32317A

accent

#44E446

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF38

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

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