#CDC36C#CDC36C

#CDC36C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.110 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC36C
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -8.37, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 45.48, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0241 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.11 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3999, 53.0935, 21.9357)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC36C #6C76CD

analogous

#CD936C #CDC36C #A7CD6C

triadic

#CDC36C #6CCDC3 #C36CCD

tetradic

#CDC36C #6CCD93 #6C76CD #CD6CA7

square

#CDC36C #6CCD93 #6C76CD #CD6CA7

split-complementary

#CDC36C #6CA7CD #936CCD

monochromatic

#8E8530 #BCAF40 #CDC36C #DDD69A #ECE8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC36C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC36C	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.110 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded598',
    500: '#cdc36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc36c;
$custom-light: #ded598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.814,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC36C

secondary

#485095

accent

#38BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC36C

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

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