#CDC266#CDC266

#CDC266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.115 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC266
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -8.40, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 47.97, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0248 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.115 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8682, 52.5236, 20.2370)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC266 #6671CD

analogous

#CD8E66 #CDC266 #A5CD66

triadic

#CDC266 #66CDC2 #C266CD

tetradic

#CDC266 #66CD8E #6671CD #CD66A5

square

#CDC266 #66CD8E #6671CD #CD66A5

split-complementary

#CDC266 #66A5CD #8E66CD

monochromatic

#8B812D #B9AC3D #CDC266 #DCD494 #EBE7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CDC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC266

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC266	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.115 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded494',
    500: '#cdc266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc266;
$custom-light: #ded494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80393,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC266

secondary

#454E92

accent

#37BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC266

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

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