#CDC77B#CDC77B

#CDC77B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.098 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC77B
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 123)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 40%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -8.90, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 39.77, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0243 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.098 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1763, 55.2573, 26.8103)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC77B #7B81CD

analogous

#CD9E7B #CDC77B #AACD7B

triadic

#CDC77B #7BCDC7 #C77BCD

tetradic

#CDC77B #7BCD9E #7B81CD #CD7BAA

square

#CDC77B #7BCD9E #7B81CD #CD7BAA

split-complementary

#CDC77B #7BAACD #9E7BCD

monochromatic

#958E38 #BCB44F #CDC77B #DEDAA7 #EFEDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC77B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC77B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC77B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC77B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC77B	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)

#D3C275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc77b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.098 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a2',
    500: '#cdc77b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc77b;
$custom-light: #ddd7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc77b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81749,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC77B

secondary

#51569B

accent

#37B82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC77B

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

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