#CDC77A#CDC77A

#CDC77A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.099 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC77A
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 40.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -9.01, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 40.27, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0247 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.099 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1140, 55.2324, 26.4823)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC77A #7A80CD

analogous

#CD9E7A #CDC77A #AACD7A

triadic

#CDC77A #7ACDC7 #C77ACD

tetradic

#CDC77A #7ACD9E #7A80CD #CD7AAA

square

#CDC77A #7ACD9E #7A80CD #CD7AAA

split-complementary

#CDC77A #7AAACD #9E7ACD

monochromatic

#958E38 #BCB44E #CDC77A #DEDAA6 #EEECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC77A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC77A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC77A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC77A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC77A	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc77a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.099 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a1',
    500: '#cdc77a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc77a;
$custom-light: #ddd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc77a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 45.355,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81733,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC77A

secondary

#50569B

accent

#37B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC77A

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

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