#CDC28B#CDC28B

#CDC28B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.073 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC28B
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 139)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -4.45, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 29.45, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0105 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.073 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1294, 53.4280, 32.1457)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC28B #8B96CD

analogous

#CDA18B #CDC28B #B7CD8B

triadic

#CDC28B #8BCDC2 #C28BCD

tetradic

#CDC28B #8BCDA1 #8B96CD #CD8BB7

square

#CDC28B #8BCDA1 #8B96CD #CD8BB7

split-complementary

#CDC28B #8BB7CD #A18BCD

monochromatic

#9B8C43 #BBAC60 #CDC28B #DFD8B6 #F2EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CDC28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC28B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC28B	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.073 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4ad',
    500: '#cdc28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc28b;
$custom-light: #ddd4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.07344,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC28B

secondary

#5B67A1

accent

#48B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC28B

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

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