#CDCE72#CDCE72

#CDCE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.115 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE72
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -13.39, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 47.35, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0379 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.115 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2863, 58.3377, 24.5276)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE72 #7372CE

analogous

#CEA172 #CDCE72 #9FCE72

triadic

#CDCE72 #72CDCE #CE72CD

tetradic

#CDCE72 #72CEA1 #7372CE #CE729F

square

#CDCE72 #72CEA1 #7372CE #CE729F

split-complementary

#CDCE72 #729FCE #A172CE

monochromatic

#929333 #BDBE45 #CDCE72 #DDDE9F #EDEECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDCE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE72

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE72	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.115 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc9c',
    500: '#cdce72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce72;
$custom-light: #dedc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.652,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8309,
    "c": 0.1153,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE72

secondary

#4C4B99

accent

#2ABC2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE72

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

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