#CDC17C#CDC17C

#CDC17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.090 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC17C
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 39.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -5.69, 36.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 36.70, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.015 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.09 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8858, 52.5757, 26.6905)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC17C #7C88CD

analogous

#CD997C #CDC17C #B1CD7C

triadic

#CDC17C #7CCDC1 #C17CCD

tetradic

#CDC17C #7CCD99 #7C88CD #CD7CB1

square

#CDC17C #7CCD99 #7C88CD #CD7CB1

split-complementary

#CDC17C #7CB1CD #997CCD

monochromatic

#968839 #BCAC50 #CDC17C #DED6A8 #EFEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CDC17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC17C

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC17C	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.090 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a3',
    500: '#cdc17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc17c;
$custom-light: #ddd3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80513,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC17C

secondary

#515C9C

accent

#42B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC17C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →