#CDC661#CDC661

#CDC661 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.124 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC661
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -10.88, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 51.96, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0325 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.124 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5299, 54.2318, 19.2710)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC661 #6168CD

analogous

#CD9061 #CDC661 #9ECD61

triadic

#CDC661 #61CDC6 #C661CD

tetradic

#CDC661 #61CD90 #6168CD #CD619E

square

#CDC661 #61CD90 #6168CD #CD619E

split-complementary

#CDC661 #619ECD #9061CD

monochromatic

#88822B #B7AF3A #CDC661 #DCD78F #EAE8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CDC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC661

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC661	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.124 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded791',
    500: '#cdc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc661;
$custom-light: #ded791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81172,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC661

secondary

#43488F

accent

#56DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC661

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

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