#CDC97B#CDC97B

#CDC97B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.100 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97B
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 40%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -9.92, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 40.67, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0272 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.1 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6394, 56.1836, 26.9647)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97B #7B7FCD

analogous

#CDA07B #CDC97B #A8CD7B

triadic

#CDC97B #7BCDC9 #C97BCD

tetradic

#CDC97B #7BCDA0 #7B7FCD #CD7BA8

square

#CDC97B #7BCDA0 #7B7FCD #CD7BA8

split-complementary

#CDC97B #7BA8CD #A07BCD

monochromatic

#959138 #BCB74F #CDC97B #DEDBA7 #EFEDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CDC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97B	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.100 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a2',
    500: '#cdc97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97b;
$custom-light: #ddd9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82169,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97B

secondary

#51549B

accent

#34B82D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97B

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

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