#CDC28F#CDC28F

#CDC28F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.069 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC28F
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 143)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -3.94, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 27.39, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0088 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.069 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4270, 53.5471, 33.7132)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC28F #8F9ACD

analogous

#CDA38F #CDC28F #B9CD8F

triadic

#CDC28F #8FCDC2 #C28FCD

tetradic

#CDC28F #8FCDA3 #8F9ACD #CD8FB9

square

#CDC28F #8FCDA3 #8F9ACD #CD8FB9

split-complementary

#CDC28F #8FB9CD #A38FCD

monochromatic

#9C8D46 #BAAB65 #CDC28F #E0D9B9 #F3F0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC28F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CDC28F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC28F

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC28F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC28F	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc28f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.069 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4b0',
    500: '#cdc28f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc28f;
$custom-light: #ddd4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc28f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81068,
    "c": 0.06858,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC28F

secondary

#5E6AA2

accent

#4AB134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC28F

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

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