#CDC985#CDC985

#CDC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.088 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC985
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -8.80, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 35.63, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0233 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.088 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2977, 56.4470, 30.4315)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC985 #8589CD

analogous

#CDA585 #CDC985 #ADCD85

triadic

#CDC985 #85CDC9 #C985CD

tetradic

#CDC985 #85CDA5 #8589CD #CD85AD

square

#CDC985 #85CDA5 #8589CD #CD85AD

split-complementary

#CDC985 #85ADCD #A585CD

monochromatic

#99943F #BBB65A #CDC985 #DFDCB0 #F1EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC985

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC985	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.088 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a9',
    500: '#cdc985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc985;
$custom-light: #ddd9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82336,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC985

secondary

#575B9F

accent

#38B531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC985

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

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