#CDC281#CDC281

#CDC281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.085 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC281
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -5.65, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 34.58, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0145 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.085 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4319, 53.1490, 28.4722)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC281 #818CCD

analogous

#CD9C81 #CDC281 #B2CD81

triadic

#CDC281 #81CDC2 #C281CD

tetradic

#CDC281 #81CD9C #818CCD #CD81B2

square

#CDC281 #81CD9C #818CCD #CD81B2

split-complementary

#CDC281 #81B2CD #9C81CD

monochromatic

#978A3C #BCAD55 #CDC281 #DED7AD #F0ECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CDC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC281

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC281	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.085 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a6',
    500: '#cdc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc281;
$custom-light: #ddd4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80807,
    "c": 0.0853,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC281

secondary

#545F9E

accent

#43B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC281

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

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