#CDC874#CDC874

#CDC874 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.106 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC874
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -10.15, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 43.69, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0285 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.106 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9845, 55.5499, 24.6614)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC874 #7479CD

analogous

#CD9B74 #CDC874 #A5CD74

triadic

#CDC874 #74CDC8 #C874CD

tetradic

#CDC874 #74CD9B #7479CD #CD74A5

square

#CDC874 #74CD9B #7479CD #CD74A5

split-complementary

#CDC874 #74A5CD #9B74CD

monochromatic

#928D35 #BDB647 #CDC874 #DDDAA1 #EDECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CDC874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC874

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC874	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.106 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89d',
    500: '#cdc874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc874;
$custom-light: #ded89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81851,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC874

secondary

#4D5198

accent

#33BA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC874

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

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