#CDC28D#CDC28D

#CDC28D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.071 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC28D
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 141)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -4.20, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 28.42, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0096 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.071 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2768, 53.4870, 32.9224)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC28D #8D98CD

analogous

#CDA28D #CDC28D #B8CD8D

triadic

#CDC28D #8DCDC2 #C28DCD

tetradic

#CDC28D #8DCDA2 #8D98CD #CD8DB8

square

#CDC28D #8DCDA2 #8D98CD #CD8DB8

split-complementary

#CDC28D #8DB8CD #A28DCD

monochromatic

#9B8C44 #BAAB62 #CDC28D #E0D9B8 #F2F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC28D

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC28D	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.071 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4ae',
    500: '#cdc28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc28d;
$custom-light: #ddd4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.687,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC28D

secondary

#5C68A2

accent

#49B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC28D

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

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