#CDCA72#CDCA72

#CDCA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.111 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA72
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -11.36, 44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 45.55, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0321 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.111 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3356, 56.4363, 24.2107)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA72 #7275CD

analogous

#CD9C72 #CDCA72 #A2CD72

triadic

#CDCA72 #72CDCA #CA72CD

tetradic

#CDCA72 #72CD9C #7275CD #CD72A2

square

#CDCA72 #72CD9C #7275CD #CD72A2

split-complementary

#CDCA72 #72A2CD #9C72CD

monochromatic

#918E33 #BDB945 #CDCA72 #DDDB9F #EDECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA72

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA72	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.111 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda9c',
    500: '#cdca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca72;
$custom-light: #deda9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA72

secondary

#4C4E97

accent

#2FBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA72

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

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