#CDC285#CDC285

#CDC285 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.081 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC285
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -5.18, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 32.53, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0129 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.081 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7029, 53.2574, 29.8999)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC285 #8590CD

analogous

#CD9E85 #CDC285 #B4CD85

triadic

#CDC285 #85CDC2 #C285CD

tetradic

#CDC285 #85CD9E #8590CD #CD85B4

square

#CDC285 #85CD9E #8590CD #CD85B4

split-complementary

#CDC285 #85B4CD #9E85CD

monochromatic

#998B3F #BBAC5A #CDC285 #DFD8B0 #F1EDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC285

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC285	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.081 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a9',
    500: '#cdc285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc285;
$custom-light: #ddd4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80878,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC285

secondary

#57629F

accent

#45B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC285

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

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