#CDC371#CDC371

#CDC371 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.104 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC371
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 113)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -7.88, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 43.03, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0222 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.104 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6737, 53.2030, 23.3775)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC371 #717BCD

analogous

#CD9571 #CDC371 #A9CD71

triadic

#CDC371 #71CDC3 #C371CD

tetradic

#CDC371 #71CD95 #717BCD #CD71A9

square

#CDC371 #71CD95 #717BCD #CD71A9

split-complementary

#CDC371 #71A9CD #9571CD

monochromatic

#918633 #BDB044 #CDC371 #DDD69E #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC371

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC371	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.104 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59b',
    500: '#cdc371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc371;
$custom-light: #ded59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80757,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC371

secondary

#4B5397

accent

#3ABB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC371

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

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