#CDC873#CDC873

#CDC873 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.107 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC873
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -10.25, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 44.18, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0289 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.107 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9266, 55.5268, 24.3567)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC873 #7378CD

analogous

#CD9B73 #CDC873 #A5CD73

triadic

#CDC873 #73CDC8 #C873CD

tetradic

#CDC873 #73CD9B #7378CD #CD73A5

square

#CDC873 #73CD9B #7378CD #CD73A5

split-complementary

#CDC873 #73A5CD #9B73CD

monochromatic

#928C34 #BDB646 #CDC873 #DDDAA0 #EDEBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CDC873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC873

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC873	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.107 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89d',
    500: '#cdc873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc873;
$custom-light: #ded89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81836,
    "c": 0.10745,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC873

secondary

#4C5098

accent

#33BB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC873

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

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