#CDC17D#CDC17D

#CDC17D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.089 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC17D
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -5.58, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 36.19, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0146 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.089 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9494, 52.6011, 27.0253)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC17D #7D89CD

analogous

#CD997D #CDC17D #B1CD7D

triadic

#CDC17D #7DCDC1 #C17DCD

tetradic

#CDC17D #7DCD99 #7D89CD #CD7DB1

square

#CDC17D #7DCD99 #7D89CD #CD7DB1

split-complementary

#CDC17D #7DB1CD #997DCD

monochromatic

#96883A #BCAC51 #CDC17D #DED6A9 #EFEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CDC17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC17D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC17D	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.089 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a3',
    500: '#cdc17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc17d;
$custom-light: #ddd3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC17D

secondary

#525D9C

accent

#43B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC17D

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

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