#CDC277#CDC277

#CDC277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC277
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -6.75, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 39.63, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0184 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(47.7994, 52.8960, 25.1412)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC277 #7782CD

analogous

#CD9777 #CDC277 #ADCD77

triadic

#CDC277 #77CDC2 #C277CD

tetradic

#CDC277 #77CD97 #7782CD #CD77AD

square

#CDC277 #77CD97 #7782CD #CD77AD

split-complementary

#CDC277 #77ADCD #9777CD

monochromatic

#938736 #BDAE4A #CDC277 #DDD6A4 #EEEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CDC277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC277

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC277	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49f',
    500: '#cdc277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc277;
$custom-light: #ded49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8064,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.52895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC277

secondary

#4F589A

accent

#3EB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC277

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

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