#CDC97C#CDC97C

#CDC97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.099 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97C
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 39.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -9.82, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 40.17, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0269 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.099 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7024, 56.2088, 27.2960)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97C #7C80CD

analogous

#CDA17C #CDC97C #A9CD7C

triadic

#CDC97C #7CCDC9 #C97CCD

tetradic

#CDC97C #7CCDA1 #7C80CD #CD7CA9

square

#CDC97C #7CCDA1 #7C80CD #CD7CA9

split-complementary

#CDC97C #7CA9CD #A17CCD

monochromatic

#969139 #BCB750 #CDC97C #DEDBA8 #EFEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CDC97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97C

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97C	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)

#D5C476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.099 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a3',
    500: '#cdc97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97c;
$custom-light: #ddd9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82185,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97C

secondary

#51559C

accent

#34B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97C

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

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