#CDC68B#CDC68B

#CDC68B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.078 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC68B
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 139)
HSL	hsl(54, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -6.52, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 31.20, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0164 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.078 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0316, 55.2325, 32.4465)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC68B #8B92CD

analogous

#CDA58B #CDC68B #B3CD8B

triadic

#CDC68B #8BCDC6 #C68BCD

tetradic

#CDC68B #8BCDA5 #8B92CD #CD8BB3

square

#CDC68B #8BCDA5 #8B92CD #CD8BB3

split-complementary

#CDC68B #8BB3CD #A58BCD

monochromatic

#9B9243 #BBB160 #CDC68B #DFDBB6 #F2F0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC68B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC68B	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.078 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7ad',
    500: '#cdc68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc68b;
$custom-light: #ddd7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81819,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC68B

secondary

#5B62A1

accent

#40B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC68B

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

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