#CDC481#CDC481

#CDC481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.087 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC481
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -6.69, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 35.43, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0175 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.087 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8800, 54.0452, 28.6215)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC481 #818ACD

analogous

#CD9E81 #CDC481 #B0CD81

triadic

#CDC481 #81CDC4 #C481CD

tetradic

#CDC481 #81CD9E #818ACD #CD81B0

square

#CDC481 #81CD9E #818ACD #CD81B0

split-complementary

#CDC481 #81B0CD #9E81CD

monochromatic

#978D3C #BCAF55 #CDC481 #DED9AD #F0EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CDC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC481

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC481	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.087 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a6',
    500: '#cdc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc481;
$custom-light: #ddd5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.0874,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC481

secondary

#545D9E

accent

#3FB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC481

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

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