#CDC06D#CDC06D

#CDC06D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC06D
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -6.72, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 43.77, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0193 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7880, 51.7841, 21.9958)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC06D #6D7ACD

analogous

#CD906D #CDC06D #AACD6D

triadic

#CDC06D #6DCDC0 #C06DCD

tetradic

#CDC06D #6DCD90 #6D7ACD #CD6DAA

square

#CDC06D #6DCD90 #6D7ACD #CD6DAA

split-complementary

#CDC06D #6DAACD #906DCD

monochromatic

#8F8231 #BCAC40 #CDC06D #DDD49B #ECE7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CDC06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC06D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC06D	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded298',
    500: '#cdc06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc06d;
$custom-light: #ded298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80071,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC06D

secondary

#495395

accent

#3DBC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC06D

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

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