#CDC27C#CDC27C

#CDC27C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.091 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC27C
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 124)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 39.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -6.21, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 37.11, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0165 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.091 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1076, 53.0193, 26.7645)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC27C #7C87CD

analogous

#CD9A7C #CDC27C #B0CD7C

triadic

#CDC27C #7CCDC2 #C27CCD

tetradic

#CDC27C #7CCD9A #7C87CD #CD7CB0

square

#CDC27C #7CCD9A #7C87CD #CD7CB0

split-complementary

#CDC27C #7CB0CD #9A7CCD

monochromatic

#968939 #BCAD50 #CDC27C #DED7A8 #EFEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CDC27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC27C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC27C	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.091 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a3',
    500: '#cdc27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc27c;
$custom-light: #ddd4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.09106,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC27C

secondary

#515C9C

accent

#40B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC27C

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

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