#CDC480#CDC480

#CDC480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.089 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC480
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 37.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -6.80, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 35.94, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0179 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.089 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8138, 54.0188, 28.2732)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC480 #8089CD

analogous

#CD9D80 #CDC480 #AFCD80

triadic

#CDC480 #80CDC4 #C480CD

tetradic

#CDC480 #80CD9D #8089CD #CD80AF

square

#CDC480 #80CD9D #8089CD #CD80AF

split-complementary

#CDC480 #80AFCD #9D80CD

monochromatic

#978C3B #BCB054 #CDC480 #DED8AC #F0EDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CDC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC480

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC480	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.089 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a5',
    500: '#cdc480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc480;
$custom-light: #ddd5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 43.503,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81205,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC480

secondary

#545C9D

accent

#3FB72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC480

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

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