#CDCC74#CDCC74

#CDCC74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.111 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC74
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 116)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -12.18, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 45.48, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0343 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.111 108)
XYZ	xyz(49.9230, 57.4269, 24.9743)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC74 #7475CD

analogous

#CD9F74 #CDCC74 #A1CD74

triadic

#CDCC74 #74CDCC #CC74CD

tetradic

#CDCC74 #74CD9F #7475CD #CD74A1

square

#CDCC74 #74CD9F #7475CD #CD74A1

split-complementary

#CDCC74 #74A1CD #9F74CD

monochromatic

#929135 #BDBB47 #CDCC74 #DDDDA1 #EDEDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#CDCC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC74

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC74	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C66D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.111 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb9d',
    500: '#cdcc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc74;
$custom-light: #dedb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.326,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82695,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.57426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC74

secondary

#4D4E98

accent

#2DBA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC74

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

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