#CDC573#CDC573

#CDC573 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.104 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC573
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -8.71, 41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 42.88, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0244 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.104 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2386, 54.1508, 24.1274)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC573 #737BCD

analogous

#CD9873 #CDC573 #A8CD73

triadic

#CDC573 #73CDC5 #C573CD

tetradic

#CDC573 #73CD98 #737BCD #CD73A8

square

#CDC573 #73CD98 #737BCD #CD73A8

split-complementary

#CDC573 #73A8CD #9873CD

monochromatic

#928934 #BDB246 #CDC573 #DDD8A0 #EDEACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC573

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC573	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.104 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69d',
    500: '#cdc573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc573;
$custom-light: #ded69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81205,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC573

secondary

#4C5398

accent

#38BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC573

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

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