#CDC49D#CDC49D

#CDC49D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.053 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC49D
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -3.09, 20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 20.99, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0061 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.053 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0026, 54.8943, 39.8007)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC49D #9DA6CD

analogous

#CDAC9D #CDC49D #BECD9D

triadic

#CDC49D #9DCDC4 #C49DCD

tetradic

#CDC49D #9DCDAC #9DA6CD #CD9DBE

square

#CDC49D #9DCDAC #9DA6CD #CD9DBE

split-complementary

#CDC49D #9DBECD #AC9DCD

monochromatic

#9F9051 #B8AC74 #CDC49D #E2DCC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CDC49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC49D

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC49D	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.053 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5ba',
    500: '#cdc49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc49d;
$custom-light: #dcd5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81773,
    "c": 0.05324,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC49D

secondary

#6C76A2

accent

#4FAB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC49D

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

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