#CDC36E#CDC36E

#CDC36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.107 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC36E
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -8.17, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 44.50, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0234 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.107 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5076, 53.1366, 22.5027)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC36E #6E78CD

analogous

#CD946E #CDC36E #A8CD6E

triadic

#CDC36E #6ECDC3 #C36ECD

tetradic

#CDC36E #6ECD94 #6E78CD #CD6EA8

square

#CDC36E #6ECD94 #6E78CD #CD6EA8

split-complementary

#CDC36E #6EA8CD #946ECD

monochromatic

#8F8531 #BDB041 #CDC36E #DDD69C #ECE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CDC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC36E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC36E	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.107 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded599',
    500: '#cdc36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc36e;
$custom-light: #ded599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80713,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC36E

secondary

#4A5296

accent

#39BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC36E

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

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