#CDC989#CDC989

#CDC989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.084 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC989
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -8.32, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 33.59, 104.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0217 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.084 105)
XYZ	xyz(50.5793, 56.5596, 31.9147)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC989 #898DCD

analogous

#CDA789 #CDC989 #AFCD89

triadic

#CDC989 #89CDC9 #C989CD

tetradic

#CDC989 #89CDA7 #898DCD #CD89AF

square

#CDC989 #89CDA7 #898DCD #CD89AF

split-complementary

#CDC989 #89AFCD #A789CD

monochromatic

#9A9541 #BBB55E #CDC989 #DFDDB4 #F1F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CDC989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC989

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC989	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.084 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9ac',
    500: '#cdc989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc989;
$custom-light: #ddd9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.08356,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.56559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC989

secondary

#5A5EA1

accent

#3AB432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC989

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

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