#CDC474#CDC474

#CDC474 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.102 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC474
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -8.09, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 41.96, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0226 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.102 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0702, 53.7213, 24.3567)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC474 #747DCD

analogous

#CD9874 #CDC474 #A9CD74

triadic

#CDC474 #74CDC4 #C474CD

tetradic

#CDC474 #74CD98 #747DCD #CD74A9

square

#CDC474 #74CD98 #747DCD #CD74A9

split-complementary

#CDC474 #74A9CD #9874CD

monochromatic

#928935 #BDB147 #CDC474 #DDD7A1 #EDEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC474

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC474	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.102 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59d',
    500: '#cdc474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc474;
$custom-light: #ded59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.933,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC474

secondary

#4D5498

accent

#3ABA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC474

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

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