#CDC669#CDC669

#CDC669 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.116 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC669
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -10.18, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 48.18, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0296 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.116 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9219, 54.3886, 21.3355)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC669 #6970CD

analogous

#CD9469 #CDC669 #A2CD69

triadic

#CDC669 #69CDC6 #C669CD

tetradic

#CDC669 #69CD94 #6970CD #CD69A2

square

#CDC669 #69CD94 #6970CD #CD69A2

split-complementary

#CDC669 #69A2CD #9469CD

monochromatic

#8D862F #BBB23E #CDC669 #DCD797 #ECE9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC669

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC669	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.116 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded796',
    500: '#cdc669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc669;
$custom-light: #ded796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81274,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC669

secondary

#474C93

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC669

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

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