#CDC68A#CDC68A

#CDC68A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.079 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC68A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 138)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -6.65, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 31.71, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0168 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.079 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9589, 55.2034, 32.0634)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC68A #8A91CD

analogous

#CDA48A #CDC68A #B3CD8A

triadic

#CDC68A #8ACDC6 #C68ACD

tetradic

#CDC68A #8ACDA4 #8A91CD #CD8AB3

square

#CDC68A #8ACDA4 #8A91CD #CD8AB3

split-complementary

#CDC68A #8AB3CD #A48ACD

monochromatic

#9B9142 #BBB15F #CDC68A #DFDBB5 #F2F0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC68A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC68A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC68A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC68A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC68A	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc68a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.079 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7ac',
    500: '#cdc68a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc68a;
$custom-light: #ddd7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc68a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.818,
    "c": 0.07894,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC68A

secondary

#5A62A1

accent

#40B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC68A

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

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