#CDC574#CDC574

#CDC574 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.103 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC574
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -8.61, 41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 42.39, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0241 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.103 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2965, 54.1739, 24.4321)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC574 #747CCD

analogous

#CD9874 #CDC574 #A8CD74

triadic

#CDC574 #74CDC5 #C574CD

tetradic

#CDC574 #74CD98 #747CCD #CD74A8

square

#CDC574 #74CD98 #747CCD #CD74A8

split-complementary

#CDC574 #74A8CD #9874CD

monochromatic

#928A35 #BDB247 #CDC574 #DDD8A1 #EDEBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC574 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC574

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC574	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.103 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69d',
    500: '#cdc574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc574;
$custom-light: #ded69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8122,
    "c": 0.10312,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC574

secondary

#4D5498

accent

#38BA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC574

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

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