#CDC27D#CDC27D

#CDC27D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.090 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC27D
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 125)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -6.10, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 36.61, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0161 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.09 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1712, 53.0447, 27.0992)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC27D #7D88CD

analogous

#CD9A7D #CDC27D #B0CD7D

triadic

#CDC27D #7DCDC2 #C27DCD

tetradic

#CDC27D #7DCD9A #7D88CD #CD7DB0

square

#CDC27D #7DCD9A #7D88CD #CD7DB0

split-complementary

#CDC27D #7DB0CD #9A7DCD

monochromatic

#96893A #BCAD51 #CDC27D #DED7A9 #EFEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC27D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC27D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC27D

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC27D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC27D	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc27d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.090 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a3',
    500: '#cdc27d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc27d;
$custom-light: #ddd4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc27d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80738,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC27D

secondary

#525C9C

accent

#41B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC27D

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

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