#CDC17A#CDC17A

#CDC17A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.092 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC17A
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -5.91, 37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 37.71, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0158 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.092 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7606, 52.5256, 26.0312)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC17A #7A86CD

analogous

#CD987A #CDC17A #B0CD7A

triadic

#CDC17A #7ACDC1 #C17ACD

tetradic

#CDC17A #7ACD98 #7A86CD #CD7AB0

square

#CDC17A #7ACD98 #7A86CD #CD7AB0

split-complementary

#CDC17A #7AB0CD #987ACD

monochromatic

#958738 #BCAC4E #CDC17A #DED6A6 #EEEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CDC17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC17A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC17A	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.092 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a1',
    500: '#cdc17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc17a;
$custom-light: #ddd3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 45.355,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8048,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC17A

secondary

#505B9B

accent

#41B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC17A

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

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