#CDC270#CDC270

#CDC270 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.104 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC270
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -7.46, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 43.11, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0211 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.104 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3944, 52.7340, 23.0082)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC270 #707BCD

analogous

#CD9370 #CDC270 #AACD70

triadic

#CDC270 #70CDC2 #C270CD

tetradic

#CDC270 #70CD93 #707BCD #CD70AA

square

#CDC270 #70CD93 #707BCD #CD70AA

split-complementary

#CDC270 #70AACD #9370CD

monochromatic

#908532 #BDAF43 #CDC270 #DDD59D #EDE9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC270

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC270	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.104 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49a',
    500: '#cdc270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc270;
$custom-light: #ded49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC270

secondary

#4B5497

accent

#3BBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC270

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

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