#CDC36D#CDC36D

#CDC36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.108 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC36D
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -8.27, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 44.99, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0237 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.109 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4534, 53.1149, 22.2176)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC36D #6D77CD

analogous

#CD936D #CDC36D #A7CD6D

triadic

#CDC36D #6DCDC3 #C36DCD

tetradic

#CDC36D #6DCD93 #6D77CD #CD6DA7

square

#CDC36D #6DCD93 #6D77CD #CD6DA7

split-complementary

#CDC36D #6DA7CD #936DCD

monochromatic

#8F8531 #BCAF40 #CDC36D #DDD69B #ECE8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC36D

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC36D	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)

#D1BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.108 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded598',
    500: '#cdc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc36d;
$custom-light: #ded598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80699,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC36D

secondary

#495195

accent

#39BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC36D

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

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