#CDC172#CDC172

#CDC172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.101 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC172
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -6.75, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 41.71, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0189 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.101 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2852, 52.3355, 23.5273)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC172 #727ECD

analogous

#CD9472 #CDC172 #ABCD72

triadic

#CDC172 #72CDC1 #C172CD

tetradic

#CDC172 #72CD94 #727ECD #CD72AB

square

#CDC172 #72CD94 #727ECD #CD72AB

split-complementary

#CDC172 #72ABCD #9472CD

monochromatic

#918533 #BDAD45 #CDC172 #DDD59F #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CDC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC172

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC172	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.101 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39c',
    500: '#cdc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc172;
$custom-light: #ded39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC172

secondary

#4C5697

accent

#3EBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC172

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

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