#CDC980#CDC980

#CDC980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.094 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC980
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 37.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -9.37, 36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 38.16, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0253 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.094 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9605, 56.3121, 28.6554)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC980 #8084CD

analogous

#CDA280 #CDC980 #AACD80

triadic

#CDC980 #80CDC9 #C980CD

tetradic

#CDC980 #80CDA2 #8084CD #CD80AA

square

#CDC980 #80CDA2 #8084CD #CD80AA

split-complementary

#CDC980 #80AACD #A280CD

monochromatic

#97923B #BCB654 #CDC980 #DEDCAC #F0EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDC980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CDC980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC980

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC980	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)

#D5C47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.094 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9a6',
    500: '#cdc980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc980;
$custom-light: #ddd9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 43.503,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82251,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC980

secondary

#54589D

accent

#36B72F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC980

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

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