#CDC971#CDC971

#CDC971 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.111 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC971
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 44.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -10.95, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 45.60, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0311 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.111 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0451, 55.9459, 23.8347)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC971 #7175CD

analogous

#CD9B71 #CDC971 #A3CD71

triadic

#CDC971 #71CDC9 #C971CD

tetradic

#CDC971 #71CD9B #7175CD #CD71A3

square

#CDC971 #71CD9B #7175CD #CD71A3

split-complementary

#CDC971 #71A3CD #9B71CD

monochromatic

#918D33 #BDB844 #CDC971 #DDDA9E #EDEBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CDC971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC971

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC971	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.111 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded99b',
    500: '#cdc971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc971;
$custom-light: #ded99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82018,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC971

secondary

#4B4E97

accent

#31BB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC971

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

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