#CDC48A#CDC48A

#CDC48A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.077 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC48A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -5.61, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 30.83, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0139 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.077 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5047, 54.2951, 31.9120)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC48A #8A93CD

analogous

#CDA28A #CDC48A #B5CD8A

triadic

#CDC48A #8ACDC4 #C48ACD

tetradic

#CDC48A #8ACDA2 #8A93CD #CD8AB5

square

#CDC48A #8ACDA2 #8A93CD #CD8AB5

split-complementary

#CDC48A #8AB5CD #A28ACD

monochromatic

#9B8F42 #BBAE5F #CDC48A #DFDAB5 #F2EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC48A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC48A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C48C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.077 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ac',
    500: '#cdc48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc48a;
$custom-light: #ddd5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81385,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC48A

secondary

#5A64A1

accent

#44B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC48A

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

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