#CDC68F#CDC68F

#CDC68F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.073 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC68F
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 143)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -6.02, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 29.14, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0148 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.073 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3292, 55.3515, 34.0139)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC68F #8F96CD

analogous

#CDA78F #CDC68F #B5CD8F

triadic

#CDC68F #8FCDC6 #C68FCD

tetradic

#CDC68F #8FCDA7 #8F96CD #CD8FB5

square

#CDC68F #8FCDA7 #8F96CD #CD8FB5

split-complementary

#CDC68F #8FB5CD #A78FCD

monochromatic

#9C9246 #BAB065 #CDC68F #E0DCB9 #F3F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC68F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC68F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC68F

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC68F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC68F	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc68f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.073 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b0',
    500: '#cdc68f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc68f;
$custom-light: #ddd7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc68f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81896,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC68F

secondary

#5E66A2

accent

#42B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC68F

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

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