#CDC468#CDC468

#CDC468 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.115 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC468
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 104)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -9.25, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 47.83, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0271 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.115 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4167, 53.4599, 20.9151)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC468 #6871CD

analogous

#CD9168 #CDC468 #A4CD68

triadic

#CDC468 #68CDC4 #C468CD

tetradic

#CDC468 #68CD91 #6871CD #CD68A4

square

#CDC468 #68CD91 #6871CD #CD68A4

split-complementary

#CDC468 #68A4CD #9168CD

monochromatic

#8C842E #BAAF3E #CDC468 #DCD696 #EBE8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CDC468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC468

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC468	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.115 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded595',
    500: '#cdc468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc468;
$custom-light: #ded595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8084,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC468

secondary

#464D93

accent

#35BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC468

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

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