#CDC577#CDC577

#CDC577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.100 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC577
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -8.30, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 40.90, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0229 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.1 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4738, 54.2449, 25.3660)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC577 #777FCD

analogous

#CD9A77 #CDC577 #AACD77

triadic

#CDC577 #77CDC5 #C577CD

tetradic

#CDC577 #77CD9A #777FCD #CD77AA

square

#CDC577 #77CD9A #777FCD #CD77AA

split-complementary

#CDC577 #77AACD #9A77CD

monochromatic

#938B36 #BDB24A #CDC577 #DDD8A4 #EEEBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CDC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC577

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC577	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.100 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69f',
    500: '#cdc577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc577;
$custom-light: #ded69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81267,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC577

secondary

#4F569A

accent

#39B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC577

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

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