#CDC77E#CDC77E

#CDC77E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.094 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC77E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -8.57, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 38.27, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0231 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.094 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3669, 55.3335, 27.8145)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC77E #7E84CD

analogous

#CDA07E #CDC77E #ACCD7E

triadic

#CDC77E #7ECDC7 #C77ECD

tetradic

#CDC77E #7ECDA0 #7E84CD #CD7EAC

square

#CDC77E #7ECDA0 #7E84CD #CD7EAC

split-complementary

#CDC77E #7EACCD #A07ECD

monochromatic

#968F3A #BCB452 #CDC77E #DEDAAA #EFEDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC77E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC77E	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.094 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a4',
    500: '#cdc77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc77e;
$custom-light: #ddd7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.09414,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC77E

secondary

#53589D

accent

#39B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC77E

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

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