#CDC491#CDC491

#CDC491 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.068 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC491
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -4.72, 26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 27.21, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.011 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.068 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0280, 54.5044, 34.6676)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC491 #919ACD

analogous

#CDA691 #CDC491 #B8CD91

triadic

#CDC491 #91CDC4 #C491CD

tetradic

#CDC491 #91CDA6 #919ACD #CD91B8

square

#CDC491 #91CDA6 #919ACD #CD91B8

split-complementary

#CDC491 #91B8CD #A691CD

monochromatic

#9C9047 #BAAD67 #CDC491 #E0DBBB #F3F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC491

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC491	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.068 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b1',
    500: '#cdc491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc491;
$custom-light: #ddd5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC491

secondary

#606AA2

accent

#48B035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC491

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

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