#CDC36B#CDC36B

#CDC36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC36B
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 107)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -8.46, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 45.97, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0245 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3470, 53.0724, 21.6570)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC36B #6B75CD

analogous

#CD926B #CDC36B #A6CD6B

triadic

#CDC36B #6BCDC3 #C36BCD

tetradic

#CDC36B #6BCD92 #6B75CD #CD6BA6

square

#CDC36B #6BCD92 #6B75CD #CD6BA6

split-complementary

#CDC36B #6BA6CD #926BCD

monochromatic

#8E8430 #BBAF3F #CDC36B #DCD699 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC36B

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC36B	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)

#D1BE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded597',
    500: '#cdc36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc36b;
$custom-light: #ded597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80671,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC36B

secondary

#485094

accent

#38BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC36B

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

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