#CDC181#CDC181

#CDC181 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.084 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC181
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -5.13, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 34.16, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.013 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.084 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2100, 52.7054, 28.3982)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC181 #818DCD

analogous

#CD9B81 #CDC181 #B3CD81

triadic

#CDC181 #81CDC1 #C181CD

tetradic

#CDC181 #81CD9B #818DCD #CD81B3

square

#CDC181 #81CD9B #818DCD #CD81B3

split-complementary

#CDC181 #81B3CD #9B81CD

monochromatic

#97893C #BCAB55 #CDC181 #DED7AD #F0ECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CDC181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC181

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC181	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.084 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a6',
    500: '#cdc181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc181;
$custom-light: #ddd3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.08428,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC181

secondary

#54609E

accent

#45B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC181

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

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