#CDCD77#CDCD77

#CDCD77 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.109 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD77
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 119)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -12.38, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 44.46, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0346 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.109 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3388, 57.9748, 25.9877)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD77 #7777CD

analogous

#CDA277 #CDCD77 #A2CD77

triadic

#CDCD77 #77CDCD #CD77CD

tetradic

#CDCD77 #77CDA2 #7777CD #CD77A2

square

#CDCD77 #77CDA2 #7777CD #CD77A2

split-complementary

#CDCD77 #77A2CD #A277CD

monochromatic

#939336 #BDBD4A #CDCD77 #DDDDA4 #EEEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CDCD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD77

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD77	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.109 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedca0',
    500: '#cdcd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd77;
$custom-light: #dedca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82951,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD77

secondary

#4F4F9A

accent

#2CB92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD77

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

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