#CDC18E#CDC18E

#CDC18E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.069 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC18E
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 142)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -3.55, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 27.49, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0077 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.069 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1298, 53.0733, 33.2421)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC18E #8E9ACD

analogous

#CDA18E #CDC18E #B9CD8E

triadic

#CDC18E #8ECDC1 #C18ECD

tetradic

#CDC18E #8ECDA1 #8E9ACD #CD8EB9

square

#CDC18E #8ECDA1 #8E9ACD #CD8EB9

split-complementary

#CDC18E #8EB9CD #A18ECD

monochromatic

#9C8B45 #BAAA64 #CDC18E #E0D8B8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC18E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC18E	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.069 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3af',
    500: '#cdc18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc18e;
$custom-light: #ddd3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80842,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC18E

secondary

#5D6AA2

accent

#4CB234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC18E

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

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