#CDC861#CDC861

#CDC861 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.126 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC861
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -11.89, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 52.78, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0354 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.126 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9901, 55.1521, 19.4244)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC861 #6166CD

analogous

#CD9261 #CDC861 #9CCD61

triadic

#CDC861 #61CDC8 #C861CD

tetradic

#CDC861 #61CD92 #6166CD #CD619C

square

#CDC861 #61CD92 #6166CD #CD619C

split-complementary

#CDC861 #619CCD #9261CD

monochromatic

#88842B #B7B13A #CDC861 #DCD88F #EAE8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC861

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC861	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.126 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded891',
    500: '#cdc861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc861;
$custom-light: #ded891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81595,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC861

secondary

#43468F

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC861

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

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