#CDC97E#CDC97E

#CDC97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.096 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -9.60, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 39.16, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0261 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.096 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8301, 56.2599, 27.9689)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97E #7E82CD

analogous

#CDA27E #CDC97E #AACD7E

triadic

#CDC97E #7ECDC9 #C97ECD

tetradic

#CDC97E #7ECDA2 #7E82CD #CD7EAA

square

#CDC97E #7ECDA2 #7E82CD #CD7EAA

split-complementary

#CDC97E #7EAACD #A27ECD

monochromatic

#96923A #BCB752 #CDC97E #DEDBAA #EFEED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CDC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97E	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)

#D5C478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.096 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a4',
    500: '#cdc97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97e;
$custom-light: #ddd9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82217,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97E

secondary

#53569D

accent

#35B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97E

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

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