#CDC280#CDC280

#CDC280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.086 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC280
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 128)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 37.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -5.76, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 35.08, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0149 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.086 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3657, 53.1226, 28.1238)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC280 #808BCD

analogous

#CD9C80 #CDC280 #B1CD80

triadic

#CDC280 #80CDC2 #C280CD

tetradic

#CDC280 #80CD9C #808BCD #CD80B1

square

#CDC280 #80CD9C #808BCD #CD80B1

split-complementary

#CDC280 #80B1CD #9C80CD

monochromatic

#978A3B #BCAD54 #CDC280 #DED7AC #F0ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC280

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC280	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.086 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a5',
    500: '#cdc280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc280;
$custom-light: #ddd4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.503,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.08646,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC280

secondary

#545E9D

accent

#42B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC280

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

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