#CDC494#CDC494

#CDC494 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.065 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC494
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 148)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -4.33, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 25.66, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0098 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.065 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2623, 54.5982, 35.9020)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC494 #949DCD

analogous

#CDA894 #CDC494 #BACD94

triadic

#CDC494 #94CDC4 #C494CD

tetradic

#CDC494 #94CDA8 #949DCD #CD94BA

square

#CDC494 #94CDA8 #949DCD #CD94BA

split-complementary

#CDC494 #94BACD #A894CD

monochromatic

#9D9049 #BAAD6A #CDC494 #E0DBBE #F4F2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CDC494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC494

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC494	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.065 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b3',
    500: '#cdc494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc494;
$custom-light: #ddd5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 36.306,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81582,
    "c": 0.06451,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC494

secondary

#636DA2

accent

#49AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC494

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

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