#CDCD73#CDCD73

#CDCD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.113 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD73
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -12.79, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 46.42, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0361 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.113 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1036, 57.8807, 24.7491)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD73 #7373CD

analogous

#CDA073 #CDCD73 #A0CD73

triadic

#CDCD73 #73CDCD #CD73CD

tetradic

#CDCD73 #73CDA0 #7373CD #CD73A0

square

#CDCD73 #73CDA0 #7373CD #CD73A0

split-complementary

#CDCD73 #73A0CD #A073CD

monochromatic

#929234 #BDBD46 #CDCD73 #DDDDA0 #EDEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CDCD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD73

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD73	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC66C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.113 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9d',
    500: '#cdcd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd73;
$custom-light: #dedc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82892,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD73

secondary

#4C4C98

accent

#2BBB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD73

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

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