#CDC372#CDC372

#CDC372 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.103 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC372
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -7.78, 41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 42.53, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0219 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.103 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7303, 53.2257, 23.6756)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC372 #727CCD

analogous

#CD9672 #CDC372 #A9CD72

triadic

#CDC372 #72CDC3 #C372CD

tetradic

#CDC372 #72CD96 #727CCD #CD72A9

square

#CDC372 #72CD96 #727CCD #CD72A9

split-complementary

#CDC372 #72A9CD #9672CD

monochromatic

#918733 #BDB045 #CDC372 #DDD69F #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC372

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC372	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)

#D0BE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.103 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59c',
    500: '#cdc372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc372;
$custom-light: #ded59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80772,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC372

secondary

#4C5497

accent

#3ABB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC372

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

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