#CDC86A#CDC86A

#CDC86A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC86A
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -11.11, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 48.55, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0322 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.117 106)
XYZ	xyz(48.4338, 55.3296, 21.7612)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC86A #6A6FCD

analogous

#CD966A #CDC86A #A0CD6A

triadic

#CDC86A #6ACDC8 #C86ACD

tetradic

#CDC86A #6ACD96 #6A6FCD #CD6AA0

square

#CDC86A #6ACD96 #6A6FCD #CD6AA0

split-complementary

#CDC86A #6AA0CD #966ACD

monochromatic

#8D882F #BBB53F #CDC86A #DCD998 #ECEAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC86A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC86A	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)

#D6C262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded897',
    500: '#cdc86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc86a;
$custom-light: #ded897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.55328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC86A

secondary

#474B94

accent

#30BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC86A

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

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