#CDC268#CDC268

#CDC268 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.113 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC268
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -8.22, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 47.01, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0241 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.113 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9686, 52.5637, 20.7657)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC268 #6873CD

analogous

#CD8F68 #CDC268 #A6CD68

triadic

#CDC268 #68CDC2 #C268CD

tetradic

#CDC268 #68CD8F #6873CD #CD68A6

square

#CDC268 #68CD8F #6873CD #CD68A6

split-complementary

#CDC268 #68A6CD #8F68CD

monochromatic

#8C822E #BAAD3E #CDC268 #DCD596 #EBE7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CDC268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC268

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC268	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.113 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded495',
    500: '#cdc268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc268;
$custom-light: #ded495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC268

secondary

#464F93

accent

#38BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC268

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

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