#CDC171#CDC171

#CDC171 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.102 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC171
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -6.85, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 42.20, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0193 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.102 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2286, 52.3128, 23.2291)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC171 #717DCD

analogous

#CD9371 #CDC171 #ABCD71

triadic

#CDC171 #71CDC1 #C171CD

tetradic

#CDC171 #71CD93 #717DCD #CD71AB

square

#CDC171 #71CD93 #717DCD #CD71AB

split-complementary

#CDC171 #71ABCD #9371CD

monochromatic

#918433 #BDAD44 #CDC171 #DDD59E #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CDC171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC171

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC171	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.102 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39b',
    500: '#cdc171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc171;
$custom-light: #ded39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80339,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC171

secondary

#4B5597

accent

#3DBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC171

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

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