#CDC77D#CDC77D

#CDC77D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.095 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC77D
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -8.68, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 38.77, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0235 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.095 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3027, 55.3079, 27.4764)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC77D #7D83CD

analogous

#CD9F7D #CDC77D #ABCD7D

triadic

#CDC77D #7DCDC7 #C77DCD

tetradic

#CDC77D #7DCD9F #7D83CD #CD7DAB

square

#CDC77D #7DCD9F #7D83CD #CD7DAB

split-complementary

#CDC77D #7DABCD #9F7DCD

monochromatic

#968F3A #BCB451 #CDC77D #DEDAA9 #EFEDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC77D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC77D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.095 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a3',
    500: '#cdc77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc77d;
$custom-light: #ddd7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81782,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC77D

secondary

#52589C

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC77D

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

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