#CDC173#CDC173

#CDC173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.100 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC173
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -6.65, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 41.21, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0185 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.1 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3424, 52.3583, 23.8287)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC173 #737FCD

analogous

#CD9473 #CDC173 #ACCD73

triadic

#CDC173 #73CDC1 #C173CD

tetradic

#CDC173 #73CD94 #737FCD #CD73AC

square

#CDC173 #73CD94 #737FCD #CD73AC

split-complementary

#CDC173 #73ACCD #9473CD

monochromatic

#928534 #BDAD46 #CDC173 #DDD5A0 #EDE9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CDC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC173

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC173	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)

#CEBD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.100 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39c',
    500: '#cdc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc173;
$custom-light: #ded39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80369,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC173

secondary

#4C5698

accent

#3EBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC173

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

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