#CDC187#CDC187

#CDC187 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.077 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC187
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -4.42, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 31.09, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0106 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.077 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6206, 52.8696, 30.5606)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC187 #8793CD

analogous

#CD9E87 #CDC187 #B6CD87

triadic

#CDC187 #87CDC1 #C187CD

tetradic

#CDC187 #87CD9E #8793CD #CD87B6

square

#CDC187 #87CD9E #8793CD #CD87B6

split-complementary

#CDC187 #87B6CD #9E87CD

monochromatic

#9A8A40 #BBAB5C #CDC187 #DFD7B2 #F1EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC187

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC187	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.077 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3aa',
    500: '#cdc187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc187;
$custom-light: #ddd3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80708,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC187

secondary

#5865A0

accent

#48B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC187

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

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