#CDC869#CDC869

#CDC869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.118 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC869
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -11.20, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 49.02, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0325 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.118 106)
XYZ	xyz(48.3821, 55.3089, 21.4889)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC869 #696ECD

analogous

#CD9669 #CDC869 #A0CD69

triadic

#CDC869 #69CDC8 #C869CD

tetradic

#CDC869 #69CD96 #696ECD #CD69A0

square

#CDC869 #69CD96 #696ECD #CD69A0

split-complementary

#CDC869 #69A0CD #9669CD

monochromatic

#8D882F #BBB43E #CDC869 #DCD997 #ECEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CDC869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC869

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC869	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)

#D6C261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.118 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded896',
    500: '#cdc869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc869;
$custom-light: #ded896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.55308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC869

secondary

#474B93

accent

#30BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC869

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

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