#CDC488#CDC488

#CDC488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.079 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC488
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -5.86, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 31.85, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0147 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.079 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3613, 54.2378, 31.1565)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC488 #8891CD

analogous

#CDA288 #CDC488 #B4CD88

triadic

#CDC488 #88CDC4 #C488CD

tetradic

#CDC488 #88CDA2 #8891CD #CD88B4

square

#CDC488 #88CDA2 #8891CD #CD88B4

split-complementary

#CDC488 #88B4CD #A288CD

monochromatic

#9A8E41 #BBAF5D #CDC488 #DFD9B3 #F1EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CDC488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC488

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC488	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.079 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ab',
    500: '#cdc488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc488;
$custom-light: #ddd5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81348,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC488

secondary

#5962A0

accent

#43B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC488

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

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