#CDC386#CDC386

#CDC386 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.080 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC386
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 134)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -5.58, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 32.45, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.014 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.08 100)
XYZ	xyz(48.9957, 53.7318, 30.3399)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC386 #8690CD

analogous

#CDA086 #CDC386 #B4CD86

triadic

#CDC386 #86CDC3 #C386CD

tetradic

#CDC386 #86CDA0 #8690CD #CD86B4

square

#CDC386 #86CDA0 #8690CD #CD86B4

split-complementary

#CDC386 #86B4CD #A086CD

monochromatic

#998D3F #BBAE5B #CDC386 #DFD8B1 #F1EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC386 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC386

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC386	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.080 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5aa',
    500: '#cdc386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc386;
$custom-light: #ddd5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81104,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.53731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC386

secondary

#5862A0

accent

#43B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC386

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

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