#CDC871#CDC871

#CDC871 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.110 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC871
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -10.44, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 45.16, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0296 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.11 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8128, 55.4812, 23.7572)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC871 #7176CD

analogous

#CD9A71 #CDC871 #A4CD71

triadic

#CDC871 #71CDC8 #C871CD

tetradic

#CDC871 #71CD9A #7176CD #CD71A4

square

#CDC871 #71CD9A #7176CD #CD71A4

split-complementary

#CDC871 #71A4CD #9A71CD

monochromatic

#918C33 #BDB644 #CDC871 #DDDA9E #EDEBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CDC871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC871

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC871	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.110 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89b',
    500: '#cdc871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc871;
$custom-light: #ded89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.739,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81807,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC871

secondary

#4B4F97

accent

#32BB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC871

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

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