#CDC777#CDC777

#CDC777 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.102 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC777
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -9.33, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 41.77, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0259 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.102 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9310, 55.1592, 25.5184)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC777 #777DCD

analogous

#CD9C77 #CDC777 #A8CD77

triadic

#CDC777 #77CDC7 #C777CD

tetradic

#CDC777 #77CD9C #777DCD #CD77A8

square

#CDC777 #77CD9C #777DCD #CD77A8

split-complementary

#CDC777 #77A8CD #9C77CD

monochromatic

#938D36 #BDB54A #CDC777 #DDD9A4 #EEECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC777 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC777 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC777

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC777	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC777	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc777;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.102 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded79f',
    500: '#cdc777',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc777;
$custom-light: #ded79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc777",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81686,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC777

secondary

#4F549A

accent

#36B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC777

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

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