#CDC97F#CDC97F

#CDC97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.095 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC97F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 38%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -9.48, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 38.66, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0257 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.095 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8950, 56.2859, 28.3104)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC97F #7F83CD

analogous

#CDA27F #CDC97F #AACD7F

triadic

#CDC97F #7FCDC9 #C97FCD

tetradic

#CDC97F #7FCDA2 #7F83CD #CD7FAA

square

#CDC97F #7FCDA2 #7F83CD #CD7FAA

split-complementary

#CDC97F #7FAACD #A27FCD

monochromatic

#97923B #BCB653 #CDC97F #DEDCAB #EFEED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CDC97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC97F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC97F	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.095 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a5',
    500: '#cdc97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc97f;
$custom-light: #ddd9a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 43.82,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82234,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC97F

secondary

#53579D

accent

#36B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC97F

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

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