#CDC587#CDC587

#CDC587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.081 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC587
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -6.50, 32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 32.80, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0166 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.081 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5169, 54.6621, 30.8594)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC587 #878FCD

analogous

#CDA287 #CDC587 #B2CD87

triadic

#CDC587 #87CDC5 #C587CD

tetradic

#CDC587 #87CDA2 #878FCD #CD87B2

square

#CDC587 #87CDA2 #878FCD #CD87B2

split-complementary

#CDC587 #87B2CD #A287CD

monochromatic

#9A8F40 #BBB05C #CDC587 #DFDAB2 #F1EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC587

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC587	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.081 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6aa',
    500: '#cdc587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc587;
$custom-light: #ddd6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81537,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC587

secondary

#5861A0

accent

#40B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC587

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

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