#CDC66A#CDC66A

#CDC66A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC66A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -10.09, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 47.70, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0293 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.115 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9736, 54.4093, 21.6078)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC66A #6A71CD

analogous

#CD946A #CDC66A #A2CD6A

triadic

#CDC66A #6ACDC6 #C66ACD

tetradic

#CDC66A #6ACD94 #6A71CD #CD6AA2

square

#CDC66A #6ACD94 #6A71CD #CD6AA2

split-complementary

#CDC66A #6AA2CD #946ACD

monochromatic

#8D872F #BBB23F #CDC66A #DCD898 #ECE9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC66A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC66A	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)

#D4C062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded797',
    500: '#cdc66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc66a;
$custom-light: #ded797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81288,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC66A

secondary

#474D94

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC66A

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

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