#CDC495#CDC495

#CDC495 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.063 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC495
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -4.20, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 25.14, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0094 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.063 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3418, 54.6300, 36.3207)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC495 #959ECD

analogous

#CDA895 #CDC495 #BACD95

triadic

#CDC495 #95CDC4 #C495CD

tetradic

#CDC495 #95CDA8 #959ECD #CD95BA

square

#CDC495 #95CDA8 #959ECD #CD95BA

split-complementary

#CDC495 #95BACD #A895CD

monochromatic

#9D904A #B9AD6B #CDC495 #E1DBBF #F4F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC495

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC495	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.063 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b4',
    500: '#cdc495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc495;
$custom-light: #ddd5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 35.897,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81602,
    "c": 0.06328,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC495

secondary

#646EA2

accent

#4AAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC495

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

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