#CDC273#CDC273

#CDC273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.101 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC273
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -7.17, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 41.62, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.02 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.101 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5642, 52.8020, 23.9026)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC273 #737ECD

analogous

#CD9573 #CDC273 #ABCD73

triadic

#CDC273 #73CDC2 #C273CD

tetradic

#CDC273 #73CD95 #737ECD #CD73AB

square

#CDC273 #73CD95 #737ECD #CD73AB

split-complementary

#CDC273 #73ABCD #9573CD

monochromatic

#928634 #BDAE46 #CDC273 #DDD6A0 #EDE9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC273

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC273	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)

#CFBD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.101 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49c',
    500: '#cdc273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc273;
$custom-light: #ded49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80578,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC273

secondary

#4C5698

accent

#3CBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC273

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

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