#CDC97A#CDC97A

#CDC97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.101 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97A
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -10.03, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 41.16, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0276 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.101 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5772, 56.1587, 26.6367)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97A #7A7ECD

analogous

#CDA07A #CDC97A #A8CD7A

triadic

#CDC97A #7ACDC9 #C97ACD

tetradic

#CDC97A #7ACDA0 #7A7ECD #CD7AA8

square

#CDC97A #7ACDA0 #7A7ECD #CD7AA8

split-complementary

#CDC97A #7AA8CD #A07ACD

monochromatic

#959038 #BCB74E #CDC97A #DEDBA6 #EEEDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDC97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97A	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.101 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a1',
    500: '#cdc97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97a;
$custom-light: #ddd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 45.355,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82153,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97A

secondary

#50549B

accent

#34B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97A

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

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