#CDC66E#CDC66E

#CDC66E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.111 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC66E
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -9.71, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 45.76, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0278 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.111 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1865, 54.4945, 22.7290)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC66E #6E75CD

analogous

#CD976E #CDC66E #A5CD6E

triadic

#CDC66E #6ECDC6 #C66ECD

tetradic

#CDC66E #6ECD97 #6E75CD #CD6EA5

square

#CDC66E #6ECD97 #6E75CD #CD6EA5

split-complementary

#CDC66E #6EA5CD #976ECD

monochromatic

#8F8831 #BDB441 #CDC66E #DDD89C #ECEAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC66E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC66E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC66E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC66E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC66E	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc66e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.111 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded799',
    500: '#cdc66e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc66e;
$custom-light: #ded799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc66e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.579,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81343,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC66E

secondary

#4A4F96

accent

#34BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC66E

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

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