#CDC681#CDC681

#CDC681 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.090 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC681
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -7.72, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 36.31, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0205 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.09 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3341, 54.9535, 28.7729)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC681 #8188CD

analogous

#CDA081 #CDC681 #AECD81

triadic

#CDC681 #81CDC6 #C681CD

tetradic

#CDC681 #81CDA0 #8188CD #CD81AE

square

#CDC681 #81CDA0 #8188CD #CD81AE

split-complementary

#CDC681 #81AECD #A081CD

monochromatic

#978F3C #BCB255 #CDC681 #DEDAAD #F0EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CDC681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC681

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC681	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.090 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a6',
    500: '#cdc681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc681;
$custom-light: #ddd7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8164,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC681

secondary

#545B9E

accent

#3CB62F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC681

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

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