#CDC389#CDC389

#CDC389 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.077 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC389
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -5.22, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 30.91, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0128 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.077 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2079, 53.8167, 31.4576)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC389 #8993CD

analogous

#CDA189 #CDC389 #B5CD89

triadic

#CDC389 #89CDC3 #C389CD

tetradic

#CDC389 #89CDA1 #8993CD #CD89B5

square

#CDC389 #89CDA1 #8993CD #CD89B5

split-complementary

#CDC389 #89B5CD #A189CD

monochromatic

#9A8D41 #BBAD5E #CDC389 #DFD9B4 #F1EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC389 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC389

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC389	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.077 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ac',
    500: '#cdc389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc389;
$custom-light: #ddd5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81159,
    "c": 0.07689,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC389

secondary

#5A64A1

accent

#45B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC389

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

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