#CDC87E#CDC87E

#CDC87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.095 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC87E
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -9.08, 37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 38.71, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0246 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.095 105)
XYZ	xyz(49.5978, 55.7952, 27.8915)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC87E #7E83CD

analogous

#CDA17E #CDC87E #AACD7E

triadic

#CDC87E #7ECDC8 #C87ECD

tetradic

#CDC87E #7ECDA1 #7E83CD #CD7EAA

square

#CDC87E #7ECDA1 #7E83CD #CD7EAA

split-complementary

#CDC87E #7EAACD #A17ECD

monochromatic

#96913A #BCB552 #CDC87E #DEDBAA #EFEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDC87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC87E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC87E	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.095 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8a4',
    500: '#cdc87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc87e;
$custom-light: #ddd8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82008,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.55794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC87E

secondary

#53579D

accent

#37B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC87E

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

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