#CDC970#CDC970

#CDC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.112 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC970
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -11.05, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 46.09, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0314 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.112 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9891, 55.9235, 23.5398)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC970 #7074CD

analogous

#CD9A70 #CDC970 #A3CD70

triadic

#CDC970 #70CDC9 #C970CD

tetradic

#CDC970 #70CD9A #7074CD #CD70A3

square

#CDC970 #70CD9A #7074CD #CD70A3

split-complementary

#CDC970 #70A3CD #9A70CD

monochromatic

#908C32 #BDB843 #CDC970 #DDDA9D #EDEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CDC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC970

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC970	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.112 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded99b',
    500: '#cdc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc970;
$custom-light: #ded99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.419,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82003,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC970

secondary

#4B4E97

accent

#30BB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC970

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

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