#CDC377#CDC377

#CDC377 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.098 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC377
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -7.27, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 40.05, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0199 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.098 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0227, 53.3426, 25.2157)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC377 #7781CD

analogous

#CD9877 #CDC377 #ACCD77

triadic

#CDC377 #77CDC3 #C377CD

tetradic

#CDC377 #77CD98 #7781CD #CD77AC

square

#CDC377 #77CD98 #7781CD #CD77AC

split-complementary

#CDC377 #77ACCD #9877CD

monochromatic

#938936 #BDAF4A #CDC377 #DDD7A4 #EEEAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC377 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC377

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC377	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.098 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59f',
    500: '#cdc377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc377;
$custom-light: #ded59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.09771,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC377

secondary

#4F579A

accent

#3CB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC377

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

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