#CDC387#CDC387

#CDC387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.079 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC387
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -5.46, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 31.93, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0136 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.079 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0657, 53.7599, 30.7090)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC387 #8791CD

analogous

#CDA087 #CDC387 #B4CD87

triadic

#CDC387 #87CDC3 #C387CD

tetradic

#CDC387 #87CDA0 #8791CD #CD87B4

square

#CDC387 #87CDA0 #8791CD #CD87B4

split-complementary

#CDC387 #87B4CD #A087CD

monochromatic

#9A8D40 #BBAD5C #CDC387 #DFD9B2 #F1EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC387

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC387	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.079 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5aa',
    500: '#cdc387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc387;
$custom-light: #ddd5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC387

secondary

#5863A0

accent

#44B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC387

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

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