#CDC686#CDC686

#CDC686 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.084 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC686
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 134)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 34.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -7.13, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 33.76, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0185 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.084 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6746, 55.0897, 30.5663)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC686 #868DCD

analogous

#CDA386 #CDC686 #B1CD86

triadic

#CDC686 #86CDC6 #C686CD

tetradic

#CDC686 #86CDA3 #868DCD #CD86B1

square

#CDC686 #86CDA3 #868DCD #CD86B1

split-complementary

#CDC686 #86B1CD #A386CD

monochromatic

#99903F #BBB25B #CDC686 #DFDAB1 #F1EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC686

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC686	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.084 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7aa',
    500: '#cdc686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc686;
$custom-light: #ddd7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81727,
    "c": 0.08371,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC686

secondary

#585FA0

accent

#3EB531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC686

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

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