#CDC291#CDC291

#CDC291 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.066 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC291
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 145)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -3.68, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 26.36, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.008 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.066 97)
XYZ	xyz(49.5798, 53.6082, 34.5182)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC291 #919CCD

analogous

#CDA491 #CDC291 #BACD91

triadic

#CDC291 #91CDC2 #C291CD

tetradic

#CDC291 #91CDA4 #919CCD #CD91BA

square

#CDC291 #91CDA4 #919CCD #CD91BA

split-complementary

#CDC291 #91BACD #A491CD

monochromatic

#9C8D47 #BAAB67 #CDC291 #E0D9BB #F3F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CDC291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC291

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC291	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.066 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4b1',
    500: '#cdc291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc291;
$custom-light: #ddd4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81108,
    "c": 0.06614,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.53607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC291

secondary

#606CA2

accent

#4CB035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC291

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

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