#CDC57B#CDC57B

#CDC57B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.095 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC57B
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 123)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 40%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -7.87, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 38.90, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0213 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.095 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7191, 54.3430, 26.6579)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC57B #7B83CD

analogous

#CD9C7B #CDC57B #ACCD7B

triadic

#CDC57B #7BCDC5 #C57BCD

tetradic

#CDC57B #7BCD9C #7B83CD #CD7BAC

square

#CDC57B #7BCD9C #7B83CD #CD7BAC

split-complementary

#CDC57B #7BACCD #9C7BCD

monochromatic

#958C38 #BCB14F #CDC57B #DED9A7 #EFECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CDC57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC57B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC57B	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.095 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a2',
    500: '#cdc57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc57b;
$custom-light: #ddd6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8133,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC57B

secondary

#51589B

accent

#3BB82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC57B

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

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