#CDC87D#CDC87D

#CDC87D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.096 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC87D
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -9.19, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 39.21, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.025 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.096 105)
XYZ	xyz(49.5336, 55.7695, 27.5533)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC87D #7D82CD

analogous

#CDA07D #CDC87D #AACD7D

triadic

#CDC87D #7DCDC8 #C87DCD

tetradic

#CDC87D #7DCDA0 #7D82CD #CD7DAA

square

#CDC87D #7DCDA0 #7D82CD #CD7DAA

split-complementary

#CDC87D #7DAACD #A07DCD

monochromatic

#96903A #BCB551 #CDC87D #DEDBA9 #EFEDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDC87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC87D

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC87D	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.096 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8a3',
    500: '#cdc87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc87d;
$custom-light: #ddd8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81991,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.55768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC87D

secondary

#52579C

accent

#37B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC87D

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

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