#CDC48C#CDC48C

#CDC48C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.074 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC48C
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 140)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 31.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -5.36, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 29.80, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.013 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.074 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6509, 54.3536, 32.6816)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC48C #8C95CD

analogous

#CDA38C #CDC48C #B6CD8C

triadic

#CDC48C #8CCDC4 #C48CCD

tetradic

#CDC48C #8CCDA3 #8C95CD #CD8CB6

square

#CDC48C #8CCDA3 #8C95CD #CD8CB6

split-complementary

#CDC48C #8CB6CD #A38CCD

monochromatic

#9B8F43 #BAAE61 #CDC48C #E0DAB7 #F2F0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDC48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC48C

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC48C	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.074 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ae',
    500: '#cdc48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc48c;
$custom-light: #ddd5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81423,
    "c": 0.07433,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC48C

secondary

#5C65A2

accent

#45B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC48C

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

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