#CDC487#CDC487

#CDC487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.080 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC487
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -5.98, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 32.37, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0151 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.08 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2905, 54.2095, 30.7839)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC487 #8790CD

analogous

#CDA187 #CDC487 #B3CD87

triadic

#CDC487 #87CDC4 #C487CD

tetradic

#CDC487 #87CDA1 #8790CD #CD87B3

square

#CDC487 #87CDA1 #8790CD #CD87B3

split-complementary

#CDC487 #87B3CD #A187CD

monochromatic

#9A8E40 #BBAF5C #CDC487 #DFD9B2 #F1EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC487

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC487	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.080 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5aa',
    500: '#cdc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc487;
$custom-light: #ddd5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.08034,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC487

secondary

#5862A0

accent

#42B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC487

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

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