#CDC36A#CDC36A

#CDC36A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.112 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC36A
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -8.55, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 46.45, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0248 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.112 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2947, 53.0514, 21.3815)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC36A #6A74CD

analogous

#CD916A #CDC36A #A5CD6A

triadic

#CDC36A #6ACDC3 #C36ACD

tetradic

#CDC36A #6ACD91 #6A74CD #CD6AA5

square

#CDC36A #6ACD91 #6A74CD #CD6AA5

split-complementary

#CDC36A #6AA5CD #916ACD

monochromatic

#8D842F #BBAE3F #CDC36A #DCD598 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC36A

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC36A	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.112 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded596',
    500: '#cdc36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc36a;
$custom-light: #ded596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC36A

secondary

#474F94

accent

#37BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC36A

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

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