#CDC174#CDC174

#CDC174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.099 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC174
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -6.55, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 40.71, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0181 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.099 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4003, 52.3815, 24.1334)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC174 #7480CD

analogous

#CD9474 #CDC174 #ACCD74

triadic

#CDC174 #74CDC1 #C174CD

tetradic

#CDC174 #74CD94 #7480CD #CD74AC

square

#CDC174 #74CD94 #7480CD #CD74AC

split-complementary

#CDC174 #74ACCD #9474CD

monochromatic

#928535 #BDAD47 #CDC174 #DDD5A1 #EDE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CDC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC174

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC174	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.099 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39d',
    500: '#cdc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc174;
$custom-light: #ded39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.91,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC174

secondary

#4D5798

accent

#3EBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC174

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

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