#CDC072#CDC072

#CDC072 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.100 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC072
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -6.23, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 41.30, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0174 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.1 100)
XYZ	xyz(47.0649, 51.8948, 23.4538)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC072 #727FCD

analogous

#CD9372 #CDC072 #ACCD72

triadic

#CDC072 #72CDC0 #C072CD

tetradic

#CDC072 #72CD93 #727FCD #CD72AC

square

#CDC072 #72CD93 #727FCD #CD72AC

split-complementary

#CDC072 #72ACCD #9372CD

monochromatic

#918433 #BDAC45 #CDC072 #DDD49F #EDE8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CDC072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC072

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC072	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.100 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded29c',
    500: '#cdc072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc072;
$custom-light: #ded29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.51893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC072

secondary

#4C5797

accent

#3FBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC072

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

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