#CDC868#CDC868

#CDC868 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC868
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -11.29, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 49.50, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0329 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.119 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3310, 55.2885, 21.2198)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC868 #686DCD

analogous

#CD9568 #CDC868 #9FCD68

triadic

#CDC868 #68CDC8 #C868CD

tetradic

#CDC868 #68CD95 #686DCD #CD689F

square

#CDC868 #68CD95 #686DCD #CD689F

split-complementary

#CDC868 #689FCD #9568CD

monochromatic

#8C882E #BAB43E #CDC868 #DCD996 #EBE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC868

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC868	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)

#D6C25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded895',
    500: '#cdc868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc868;
$custom-light: #ded895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81683,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC868

secondary

#464A93

accent

#2FBE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC868

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

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