#CDC866#CDC866

#CDC866 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC866
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -11.47, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 50.45, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0336 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.121 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2306, 55.2484, 20.6912)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC866 #666BCD

analogous

#CD9466 #CDC866 #9FCD66

triadic

#CDC866 #66CDC8 #C866CD

tetradic

#CDC866 #66CD94 #666BCD #CD669F

square

#CDC866 #66CD94 #666BCD #CD669F

split-complementary

#CDC866 #669FCD #9466CD

monochromatic

#8B872D #B9B33D #CDC866 #DCD994 #EBE9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC866

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC866	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)

#D6C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded894',
    500: '#cdc866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc866;
$custom-light: #ded894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC866

secondary

#454992

accent

#2FBE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC866

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

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