#CDC189#CDC189

#CDC189 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.075 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC189
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -4.18, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 30.06, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0098 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.075 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7628, 52.9265, 31.3092)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC189 #8995CD

analogous

#CD9F89 #CDC189 #B7CD89

triadic

#CDC189 #89CDC1 #C189CD

tetradic

#CDC189 #89CD9F #8995CD #CD89B7

square

#CDC189 #89CD9F #8995CD #CD89B7

split-complementary

#CDC189 #89B7CD #9F89CD

monochromatic

#9A8B41 #BBAA5E #CDC189 #DFD8B4 #F1EEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC189

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC189	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.075 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3ac',
    500: '#cdc189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc189;
$custom-light: #ddd3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80746,
    "c": 0.07483,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC189

secondary

#5A66A1

accent

#49B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC189

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

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