#CDC473#CDC473

#CDC473 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.103 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC473
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -8.20, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 42.46, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.023 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.103 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0123, 53.6982, 24.0520)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC473 #737CCD

analogous

#CD9773 #CDC473 #A9CD73

triadic

#CDC473 #73CDC4 #C473CD

tetradic

#CDC473 #73CD97 #737CCD #CD73A9

square

#CDC473 #73CD97 #737CCD #CD73A9

split-complementary

#CDC473 #73A9CD #9773CD

monochromatic

#928834 #BDB146 #CDC473 #DDD7A0 #EDEACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC473 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC473

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC473	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.103 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59c',
    500: '#cdc473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc473;
$custom-light: #ded59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80996,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC473

secondary

#4C5498

accent

#39BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC473

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

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