#CDC660#CDC660

#CDC660 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC660
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -10.96, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 52.42, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0328 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4836, 54.2133, 19.0270)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC660 #6067CD

analogous

#CD9060 #CDC660 #9ECD60

triadic

#CDC660 #60CDC6 #C660CD

tetradic

#CDC660 #60CD90 #6067CD #CD609E

square

#CDC660 #60CD90 #6067CD #CD609E

split-complementary

#CDC660 #609ECD #9060CD

monochromatic

#88822B #B6AE39 #CDC660 #DCD78F #EAE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC660

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC660	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded790',
    500: '#cdc660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc660;
$custom-light: #ded790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8116,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC660

secondary

#42478F

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC660

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

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