#CDC272#CDC272

#CDC272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.102 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC272
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -7.27, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 42.12, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0204 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.102 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5070, 52.7791, 23.6012)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC272 #727DCD

analogous

#CD9472 #CDC272 #ABCD72

triadic

#CDC272 #72CDC2 #C272CD

tetradic

#CDC272 #72CD94 #727DCD #CD72AB

square

#CDC272 #72CD94 #727DCD #CD72AB

split-complementary

#CDC272 #72ABCD #9472CD

monochromatic

#918633 #BDAE45 #CDC272 #DDD69F #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC272

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC272	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.102 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49c',
    500: '#cdc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc272;
$custom-light: #ded49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC272

secondary

#4C5597

accent

#3CBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC272

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

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