#CDC374#CDC374

#CDC374 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC374
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -7.58, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 41.54, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0211 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8454, 53.2717, 24.2817)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC374 #747ECD

analogous

#CD9674 #CDC374 #ABCD74

triadic

#CDC374 #74CDC3 #C374CD

tetradic

#CDC374 #74CD96 #747ECD #CD74AB

square

#CDC374 #74CD96 #747ECD #CD74AB

split-complementary

#CDC374 #74ABCD #9674CD

monochromatic

#928835 #BDB047 #CDC374 #DDD6A1 #EDEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC374

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC374	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59d',
    500: '#cdc374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc374;
$custom-light: #ded59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80802,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC374

secondary

#4D5598

accent

#3BBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC374

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

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