#CDC68D#CDC68D

#CDC68D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.075 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC68D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -6.27, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 30.17, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0156 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.075 102)
XYZ	xyz(50.1791, 55.2915, 33.2231)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC68D #8D94CD

analogous

#CDA68D #CDC68D #B4CD8D

triadic

#CDC68D #8DCDC6 #C68DCD

tetradic

#CDC68D #8DCDA6 #8D94CD #CD8DB4

square

#CDC68D #8DCDA6 #8D94CD #CD8DB4

split-complementary

#CDC68D #8DB4CD #A68DCD

monochromatic

#9B9244 #BAB162 #CDC68D #E0DBB8 #F2F1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC68D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC68D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.075 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7ae',
    500: '#cdc68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc68d;
$custom-light: #ddd7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81857,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.5529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC68D

secondary

#5C64A2

accent

#41B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC68D

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

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