#CDC987#CDC987

#CDC987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.086 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC987
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -8.56, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 34.61, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0225 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.086 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4372, 56.5027, 31.1661)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC987 #878BCD

analogous

#CDA687 #CDC987 #AECD87

triadic

#CDC987 #87CDC9 #C987CD

tetradic

#CDC987 #87CDA6 #878BCD #CD87AE

square

#CDC987 #87CDA6 #878BCD #CD87AE

split-complementary

#CDC987 #87AECD #A687CD

monochromatic

#9A9440 #BBB65C #CDC987 #DFDCB2 #F1F0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#CDC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC987

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC987	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.086 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9aa',
    500: '#cdc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc987;
$custom-light: #ddd9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82371,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC987

secondary

#585CA0

accent

#39B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC987

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

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