#CDC57A#CDC57A

#CDC57A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.096 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC57A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 122)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 40.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -7.98, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 39.40, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0217 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.096 103)
XYZ	xyz(48.6568, 54.3181, 26.3299)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC57A #7A82CD

analogous

#CD9C7A #CDC57A #ACCD7A

triadic

#CDC57A #7ACDC5 #C57ACD

tetradic

#CDC57A #7ACD9C #7A82CD #CD7AAC

square

#CDC57A #7ACD9C #7A82CD #CD7AAC

split-complementary

#CDC57A #7AACCD #9C7ACD

monochromatic

#958C38 #BCB24E #CDC57A #DED8A6 #EEECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC57A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC57A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.096 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a1',
    500: '#cdc57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc57a;
$custom-light: #ddd6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 45.355,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81314,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.54317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC57A

secondary

#50579B

accent

#3AB92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC57A

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

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