#CDC177#CDC177

#CDC177 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.096 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC177
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -6.23, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 39.21, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.017 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.096 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5776, 52.4524, 25.0673)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC177 #7783CD

analogous

#CD9677 #CDC177 #AECD77

triadic

#CDC177 #77CDC1 #C177CD

tetradic

#CDC177 #77CD96 #7783CD #CD77AE

square

#CDC177 #77CD96 #7783CD #CD77AE

split-complementary

#CDC177 #77AECD #9677CD

monochromatic

#938636 #BDAD4A #CDC177 #DDD5A4 #EEEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CDC177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC177

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC177	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.096 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded39f',
    500: '#cdc177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc177;
$custom-light: #ded39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80431,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC177

secondary

#4F599A

accent

#40B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC177

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

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