#CDC28E#CDC28E

#CDC28E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.070 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC28E
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -4.07, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 27.91, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0092 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.07 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3516, 53.5169, 33.3160)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC28E #8E99CD

analogous

#CDA28E #CDC28E #B8CD8E

triadic

#CDC28E #8ECDC2 #C28ECD

tetradic

#CDC28E #8ECDA2 #8E99CD #CD8EB8

square

#CDC28E #8ECDA2 #8E99CD #CD8EB8

split-complementary

#CDC28E #8EB8CD #A28ECD

monochromatic

#9C8D45 #BAAB64 #CDC28E #E0D9B8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC28E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC28E	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#CCBF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.070 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4af',
    500: '#cdc28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc28e;
$custom-light: #ddd4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81048,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC28E

secondary

#5D69A2

accent

#4AB234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC28E

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

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