#CDC489#CDC489

#CDC489 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.078 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC489
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -5.74, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 31.34, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0143 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.078 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4327, 54.2663, 31.5325)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC489 #8992CD

analogous

#CDA289 #CDC489 #B4CD89

triadic

#CDC489 #89CDC4 #C489CD

tetradic

#CDC489 #89CDA2 #8992CD #CD89B4

square

#CDC489 #89CDA2 #8992CD #CD89B4

split-complementary

#CDC489 #89B4CD #A289CD

monochromatic

#9A8E41 #BBAF5E #CDC489 #DFD9B4 #F1EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CDC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC489

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC489	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.078 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5ac',
    500: '#cdc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc489;
$custom-light: #ddd5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81366,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC489

secondary

#5A63A1

accent

#43B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC489

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

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