#CDC490#CDC490

#CDC490 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.069 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC490
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 29.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -4.85, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 27.73, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0114 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.069 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9512, 54.4737, 34.2633)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC490 #9099CD

analogous

#CDA590 #CDC490 #B7CD90

triadic

#CDC490 #90CDC4 #C490CD

tetradic

#CDC490 #90CDA5 #9099CD #CD90B7

square

#CDC490 #90CDA5 #9099CD #CD90B7

split-complementary

#CDC490 #90B7CD #A590CD

monochromatic

#9C9046 #BAAE66 #CDC490 #E0DABA #F3F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CDC490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC490

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC490	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC18D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.069 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b1',
    500: '#cdc490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc490;
$custom-light: #ddd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 37.888,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81501,
    "c": 0.06945,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC490

secondary

#5F69A2

accent

#47B135

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC490

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

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