#CDC49A#CDC49A

#CDC49A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.057 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC49A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -3.51, 22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 22.55, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0073 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.057 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7496, 54.7931, 38.4683)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC49A #9AA3CD

analogous

#CDAA9A #CDC49A #BCCD9A

triadic

#CDC49A #9ACDC4 #C49ACD

tetradic

#CDC49A #9ACDAA #9AA3CD #CD9ABC

square

#CDC49A #9ACDAA #9AA3CD #CD9ABC

split-complementary

#CDC49A #9ABCCD #AA9ACD

monochromatic

#9E904E #B9AC71 #CDC49A #E1DCC3 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CDC49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC49A

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC49A	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.057 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b8',
    500: '#cdc49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc49a;
$custom-light: #dcd5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81708,
    "c": 0.05702,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC49A

secondary

#6973A2

accent

#4DAD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC49A

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

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