#CDC685#CDC685

#CDC685 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.085 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC685
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -7.25, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 34.27, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0189 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.085 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6052, 55.0619, 30.2007)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC685 #858CCD

analogous

#CDA285 #CDC685 #B0CD85

triadic

#CDC685 #85CDC6 #C685CD

tetradic

#CDC685 #85CDA2 #858CCD #CD85B0

square

#CDC685 #85CDA2 #858CCD #CD85B0

split-complementary

#CDC685 #85B0CD #A285CD

monochromatic

#99903F #BBB25A #CDC685 #DFDAB0 #F1EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CDC685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC685

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC685	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.085 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7a9',
    500: '#cdc685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc685;
$custom-light: #ddd7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC685

secondary

#575E9F

accent

#3DB531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC685

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

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