#CDCD72#CDCD72

#CDCD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.114 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD72
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -12.88, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 46.90, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0365 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.114 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0464, 57.8578, 24.4477)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD72 #7272CD

analogous

#CD9F72 #CDCD72 #9FCD72

triadic

#CDCD72 #72CDCD #CD72CD

tetradic

#CDCD72 #72CD9F #7272CD #CD729F

square

#CDCD72 #72CD9F #7272CD #CD729F

split-complementary

#CDCD72 #729FCD #9F72CD

monochromatic

#919133 #BDBD45 #CDCD72 #DDDD9F #EDEDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CDCD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD72

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD72	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.114 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9c',
    500: '#cdcd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd72;
$custom-light: #dedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82878,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD72

secondary

#4C4C97

accent

#2BBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD72

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

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