#CDC261#CDC261

#CDC261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.120 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC261
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -8.83, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 50.34, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0266 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.12 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6277, 52.4273, 18.9703)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC261 #616CCD

analogous

#CD8C61 #CDC261 #A2CD61

triadic

#CDC261 #61CDC2 #C261CD

tetradic

#CDC261 #61CD8C #616CCD #CD61A2

square

#CDC261 #61CD8C #616CCD #CD61A2

split-complementary

#CDC261 #61A2CD #8C61CD

monochromatic

#887F2B #B7AA3A #CDC261 #DCD48F #EAE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CDC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC261

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC261	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.120 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded490',
    500: '#cdc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc261;
$custom-light: #ded490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80329,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC261

secondary

#434B8F

accent

#5BDB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC261

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

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