#CDC477#CDC477

#CDC477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.099 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC477
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -7.78, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 40.47, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0214 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.099 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2475, 53.7923, 25.2906)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC477 #7780CD

analogous

#CD9977 #CDC477 #ABCD77

triadic

#CDC477 #77CDC4 #C477CD

tetradic

#CDC477 #77CD99 #7780CD #CD77AB

square

#CDC477 #77CD99 #7780CD #CD77AB

split-complementary

#CDC477 #77ABCD #9977CD

monochromatic

#938A36 #BDB14A #CDC477 #DDD7A4 #EEEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC477

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC477	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.099 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded59f',
    500: '#cdc477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc477;
$custom-light: #ded59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81057,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC477

secondary

#4F569A

accent

#3BB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC477

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

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