#CDC49C#CDC49C

#CDC49C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.054 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC49C
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -3.23, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 21.51, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0065 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.055 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9176, 54.8603, 39.3529)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC49C #9CA5CD

analogous

#CDAB9C #CDC49C #BDCD9C

triadic

#CDC49C #9CCDC4 #C49CCD

tetradic

#CDC49C #9CCDAB #9CA5CD #CD9CBD

square

#CDC49C #9CCDAB #9CA5CD #CD9CBD

split-complementary

#CDC49C #9CBDCD #AB9CCD

monochromatic

#9F9050 #B8AC73 #CDC49C #E2DCC5 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC49C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC49C	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.054 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5b9',
    500: '#cdc49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc49c;
$custom-light: #dcd5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81751,
    "c": 0.0545,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC49C

secondary

#6B75A2

accent

#4FAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC49C

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

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