#CDC274#CDC274

#CDC274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.100 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC274
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -7.06, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 41.13, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0196 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.1 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6221, 52.8251, 24.2073)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC274 #747FCD

analogous

#CD9574 #CDC274 #ACCD74

triadic

#CDC274 #74CDC2 #C274CD

tetradic

#CDC274 #74CD95 #747FCD #CD74AC

square

#CDC274 #74CD95 #747FCD #CD74AC

split-complementary

#CDC274 #74ACCD #9574CD

monochromatic

#928735 #BDAE47 #CDC274 #DDD6A1 #EDEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC274

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC274	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.100 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49d',
    500: '#cdc274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc274;
$custom-light: #ded49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80593,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC274

secondary

#4D5698

accent

#3DBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC274

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

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