#CDC37E#CDC37E

#CDC37E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.090 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC37E
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -6.51, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 36.52, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0172 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.09 101)
XYZ	xyz(48.4587, 53.5170, 27.5118)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC37E #7E88CD

analogous

#CD9C7E #CDC37E #B0CD7E

triadic

#CDC37E #7ECDC3 #C37ECD

tetradic

#CDC37E #7ECD9C #7E88CD #CD7EB0

square

#CDC37E #7ECD9C #7E88CD #CD7EB0

split-complementary

#CDC37E #7EB0CD #9C7ECD

monochromatic

#968B3A #BCAE52 #CDC37E #DED8AA #EFECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC37E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC37E	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBF79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.090 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5a4',
    500: '#cdc37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc37e;
$custom-light: #ddd5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.405,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.53516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC37E

secondary

#535C9D

accent

#40B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC37E

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

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