#CDC472#CDC472

#CDC472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC472
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -8.30, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 42.95, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0233 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9551, 53.6753, 23.7506)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC472 #727BCD

analogous

#CD9772 #CDC472 #A8CD72

triadic

#CDC472 #72CDC4 #C472CD

tetradic

#CDC472 #72CD97 #727BCD #CD72A8

square

#CDC472 #72CD97 #727BCD #CD72A8

split-complementary

#CDC472 #72A8CD #9772CD

monochromatic

#918833 #BDB145 #CDC472 #DDD79F #EDEACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CDC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC472

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC472	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59c',
    500: '#cdc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc472;
$custom-light: #ded59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80981,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC472

secondary

#4C5397

accent

#39BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC472

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

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