#CDC28A#CDC28A

#CDC28A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.075 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC28A
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 138)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -4.57, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 29.97, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0109 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.075 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0566, 53.3989, 31.7627)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC28A #8A95CD

analogous

#CDA08A #CDC28A #B7CD8A

triadic

#CDC28A #8ACDC2 #C28ACD

tetradic

#CDC28A #8ACDA0 #8A95CD #CD8AB7

square

#CDC28A #8ACDA0 #8A95CD #CD8AB7

split-complementary

#CDC28A #8AB7CD #A08ACD

monochromatic

#9B8C42 #BBAC5F #CDC28A #DFD8B5 #F2EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC28A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC28A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC28A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC28A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC28A	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc28a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.075 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4ac',
    500: '#cdc28a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc28a;
$custom-light: #ddd4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc28a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80971,
    "c": 0.07465,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC28A

secondary

#5A66A1

accent

#48B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC28A

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

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