#CDC981#CDC981

#CDC981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.093 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC981
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -9.26, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 37.65, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0249 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.093 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0266, 56.3385, 29.0037)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC981 #8185CD

analogous

#CDA381 #CDC981 #ABCD81

triadic

#CDC981 #81CDC9 #C981CD

tetradic

#CDC981 #81CDA3 #8185CD #CD81AB

square

#CDC981 #81CDA3 #8185CD #CD81AB

split-complementary

#CDC981 #81ABCD #A381CD

monochromatic

#97933C #BCB655 #CDC981 #DEDCAD #F0EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CDC981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC981

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC981	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.093 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a6',
    500: '#cdc981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc981;
$custom-light: #ddd9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82267,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC981

secondary

#54589E

accent

#36B62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC981

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

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