#CDC26D#CDC26D

#CDC26D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.107 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC26D
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -7.76, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 44.58, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0223 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.107 102)
XYZ	xyz(47.2301, 52.6683, 22.1431)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC26D #6D78CD

analogous

#CD926D #CDC26D #A8CD6D

triadic

#CDC26D #6DCDC2 #C26DCD

tetradic

#CDC26D #6DCD92 #6D78CD #CD6DA8

square

#CDC26D #6DCD92 #6D78CD #CD6DA8

split-complementary

#CDC26D #6DA8CD #926DCD

monochromatic

#8F8431 #BCAE40 #CDC26D #DDD59B #ECE8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CDC26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC26D

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC26D	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.107 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded498',
    500: '#cdc26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc26d;
$custom-light: #ded498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80489,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC26D

secondary

#495295

accent

#3ABC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC26D

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

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