#CDC68E#CDC68E

#CDC68E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.074 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC68E
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 142)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -6.15, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 29.65, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0152 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.074 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2538, 55.3214, 33.6168)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC68E #8E95CD

analogous

#CDA68E #CDC68E #B4CD8E

triadic

#CDC68E #8ECDC6 #C68ECD

tetradic

#CDC68E #8ECDA6 #8E95CD #CD8EB4

square

#CDC68E #8ECDA6 #8E95CD #CD8EB4

split-complementary

#CDC68E #8EB4CD #A68ECD

monochromatic

#9C9245 #BAB164 #CDC68E #E0DBB8 #F3F1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC68E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC68E	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)

#D0C28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.074 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7af',
    500: '#cdc68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc68e;
$custom-light: #ddd7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81876,
    "c": 0.07409,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC68E

secondary

#5D65A2

accent

#42B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC68E

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

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