#CDC581#CDC581

#CDC581 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.088 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC581
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -7.20, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 35.86, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.019 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.088 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1063, 54.4979, 28.6970)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC581 #8189CD

analogous

#CD9F81 #CDC581 #AFCD81

triadic

#CDC581 #81CDC5 #C581CD

tetradic

#CDC581 #81CD9F #8189CD #CD81AF

square

#CDC581 #81CD9F #8189CD #CD81AF

split-complementary

#CDC581 #81AFCD #9F81CD

monochromatic

#978E3C #BCB155 #CDC581 #DED9AD #F0EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC581

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC581	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.088 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a6',
    500: '#cdc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc581;
$custom-light: #ddd6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.08848,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC581

secondary

#545C9E

accent

#3DB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC581

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

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