#CDC27F#CDC27F

#CDC27F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.088 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC27F
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 127)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 38%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -5.88, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 35.59, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0153 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.088 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3002, 53.0964, 27.7789)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC27F #7F8ACD

analogous

#CD9B7F #CDC27F #B1CD7F

triadic

#CDC27F #7FCDC2 #C27FCD

tetradic

#CDC27F #7FCD9B #7F8ACD #CD7FB1

square

#CDC27F #7FCD9B #7F8ACD #CD7FB1

split-complementary

#CDC27F #7FB1CD #9B7FCD

monochromatic

#978A3B #BCAD53 #CDC27F #DED7AB #EFECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC27F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC27F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC27F

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC27F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC27F	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBE7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc27f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.088 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4a5',
    500: '#cdc27f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc27f;
$custom-light: #ddd4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc27f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 43.82,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80772,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC27F

secondary

#535E9D

accent

#42B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC27F

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

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