#CDC97D#CDC97D

#CDC97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.098 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97D
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -9.71, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 39.67, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0265 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.098 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7659, 56.2342, 27.6308)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97D #7D81CD

analogous

#CDA17D #CDC97D #A9CD7D

triadic

#CDC97D #7DCDC9 #C97DCD

tetradic

#CDC97D #7DCDA1 #7D81CD #CD7DA9

square

#CDC97D #7DCDA1 #7D81CD #CD7DA9

split-complementary

#CDC97D #7DA9CD #A17DCD

monochromatic

#96913A #BCB751 #CDC97D #DEDBA9 #EFEED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CDC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97D

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97D	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.098 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a3',
    500: '#cdc97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97d;
$custom-light: #ddd9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82201,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97D

secondary

#52569C

accent

#35B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97D

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

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