#CDCC72#CDCC72

#CDCC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.113 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC72
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -12.38, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 46.45, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0351 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.113 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8079, 57.3809, 24.3682)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC72 #7273CD

analogous

#CD9F72 #CDCC72 #A0CD72

triadic

#CDCC72 #72CDCC #CC72CD

tetradic

#CDCC72 #72CD9F #7273CD #CD72A0

square

#CDCC72 #72CD9F #7273CD #CD72A0

split-complementary

#CDCC72 #72A0CD #9F72CD

monochromatic

#919033 #BDBC45 #CDCC72 #DDDC9F #EDEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#CDCC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC72

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC72	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.113 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb9c',
    500: '#cdcc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc72;
$custom-light: #dedb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.341,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82666,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC72

secondary

#4C4D97

accent

#2CBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC72

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

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