#CDC772#CDC772

#CDC772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.107 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC772
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -9.84, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 44.24, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0278 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.107 105)
XYZ	xyz(48.6386, 55.0422, 23.9784)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC772 #7278CD

analogous

#CD9A72 #CDC772 #A5CD72

triadic

#CDC772 #72CDC7 #C772CD

tetradic

#CDC772 #72CD9A #7278CD #CD72A5

square

#CDC772 #72CD9A #7278CD #CD72A5

split-complementary

#CDC772 #72A5CD #9A72CD

monochromatic

#918B33 #BDB545 #CDC772 #DDD99F #EDEBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CDC772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC772

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC772	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.107 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded79c',
    500: '#cdc772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc772;
$custom-light: #ded79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81611,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.55041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC772

secondary

#4C5197

accent

#34BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC772

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

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