#CDC269#CDC269

#CDC269 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC269
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -8.13, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 46.53, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0237 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0197, 52.5841, 21.0348)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC269 #6974CD

analogous

#CD9069 #CDC269 #A6CD69

triadic

#CDC269 #69CDC2 #C269CD

tetradic

#CDC269 #69CD90 #6974CD #CD69A6

square

#CDC269 #69CD90 #6974CD #CD69A6

split-complementary

#CDC269 #69A6CD #9069CD

monochromatic

#8D822F #BBAD3E #CDC269 #DCD597 #ECE7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CDC269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC269

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC269	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded496',
    500: '#cdc269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc269;
$custom-light: #ded496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC269

secondary

#474F93

accent

#39BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC269

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

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