#CDC48E#CDC48E

#CDC48E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.072 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC48E
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -5.11, 28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 28.77, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0122 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.072 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7997, 54.4131, 33.4654)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC48E #8E97CD

analogous

#CDA48E #CDC48E #B6CD8E

triadic

#CDC48E #8ECDC4 #C48ECD

tetradic

#CDC48E #8ECDA4 #8E97CD #CD8EB6

square

#CDC48E #8ECDA4 #8E97CD #CD8EB6

split-complementary

#CDC48E #8EB6CD #A48ECD

monochromatic

#9C8F45 #BAAE64 #CDC48E #E0DAB8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC48E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC48E	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.072 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5af',
    500: '#cdc48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc48e;
$custom-light: #ddd5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC48E

secondary

#5D67A2

accent

#46B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC48E

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

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