#CDC17E#CDC17E

#CDC17E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.088 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC17E
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -5.47, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 35.68, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0142 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.088 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0136, 52.6268, 27.3634)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC17E #7E8ACD

analogous

#CD9A7E #CDC17E #B2CD7E

triadic

#CDC17E #7ECDC1 #C17ECD

tetradic

#CDC17E #7ECD9A #7E8ACD #CD7EB2

square

#CDC17E #7ECD9A #7E8ACD #CD7EB2

split-complementary

#CDC17E #7EB2CD #9A7ECD

monochromatic

#96883A #BCAC52 #CDC17E #DED6AA #EFEBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CDC17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC17E

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC17E	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.088 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd3a4',
    500: '#cdc17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc17e;
$custom-light: #ddd3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80547,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC17E

secondary

#535E9D

accent

#43B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC17E

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

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