#CDC185#CDC185

#CDC185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.080 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC185
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -4.66, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 32.11, 98.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0114 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.08 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4811, 52.8138, 29.8260)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC185 #8591CD

analogous

#CD9D85 #CDC185 #B5CD85

triadic

#CDC185 #85CDC1 #C185CD

tetradic

#CDC185 #85CD9D #8591CD #CD85B5

square

#CDC185 #85CD9D #8591CD #CD85B5

split-complementary

#CDC185 #85B5CD #9D85CD

monochromatic

#998A3F #BBAB5A #CDC185 #DFD7B0 #F1EDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC185

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC185	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.080 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a9',
    500: '#cdc185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc185;
$custom-light: #ddd3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80671,
    "c": 0.07959,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC185

secondary

#57639F

accent

#47B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC185

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

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