#CDC66D#CDC66D

#CDC66D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.112 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC66D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -9.81, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 46.25, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0282 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.112 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1324, 54.4728, 22.4439)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC66D #6D74CD

analogous

#CD966D #CDC66D #A4CD6D

triadic

#CDC66D #6DCDC6 #C66DCD

tetradic

#CDC66D #6DCD96 #6D74CD #CD6DA4

square

#CDC66D #6DCD96 #6D74CD #CD6DA4

split-complementary

#CDC66D #6DA4CD #966DCD

monochromatic

#8F8831 #BCB340 #CDC66D #DDD89B #ECEAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CDC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC66D

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC66D	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.112 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded799',
    500: '#cdc66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc66d;
$custom-light: #ded799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81329,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC66D

secondary

#494F95

accent

#34BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC66D

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

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