#CDC27E#CDC27E

#CDC27E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.089 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC27E
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -5.99, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 36.10, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0157 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.089 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2354, 53.0704, 27.4373)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC27E #7E89CD

analogous

#CD9B7E #CDC27E #B0CD7E

triadic

#CDC27E #7ECDC2 #C27ECD

tetradic

#CDC27E #7ECD9B #7E89CD #CD7EB0

square

#CDC27E #7ECD9B #7E89CD #CD7EB0

split-complementary

#CDC27E #7EB0CD #9B7ECD

monochromatic

#968A3A #BCAD52 #CDC27E #DED7AA #EFECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC27E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC27E	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)

#CEBE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.089 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a4',
    500: '#cdc27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc27e;
$custom-light: #ddd4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80755,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC27E

secondary

#535D9D

accent

#41B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC27E

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

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