#CDC57F#CDC57F

#CDC57F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.091 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC57F
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 127)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 38%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -7.43, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 36.88, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0198 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.091 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9746, 54.4452, 28.0037)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC57F #7F87CD

analogous

#CD9E7F #CDC57F #AECD7F

triadic

#CDC57F #7FCDC5 #C57FCD

tetradic

#CDC57F #7FCD9E #7F87CD #CD7FAE

square

#CDC57F #7FCD9E #7F87CD #CD7FAE

split-complementary

#CDC57F #7FAECD #9E7FCD

monochromatic

#978D3B #BCB153 #CDC57F #DED9AB #EFEDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC57F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CDC57F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC57F

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC57F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC57F	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc57f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.091 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a5',
    500: '#cdc57f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc57f;
$custom-light: #ddd6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc57f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 43.82,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC57F

secondary

#535B9D

accent

#3DB72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC57F

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

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