#CDC271#CDC271

#CDC271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC271
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -7.37, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 42.61, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0208 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4504, 52.7564, 23.3031)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC271 #717CCD

analogous

#CD9471 #CDC271 #AACD71

triadic

#CDC271 #71CDC2 #C271CD

tetradic

#CDC271 #71CD94 #717CCD #CD71AA

square

#CDC271 #71CD94 #717CCD #CD71AA

split-complementary

#CDC271 #71AACD #9471CD

monochromatic

#918533 #BDAF44 #CDC271 #DDD59E #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC271

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC271	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)

#CFBD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49b',
    500: '#cdc271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc271;
$custom-light: #ded49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80547,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC271

secondary

#4B5497

accent

#3CBB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC271

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

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