#CDC86B#CDC86B

#CDC86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC86B
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -11.02, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 48.07, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0318 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.116 106)
XYZ	xyz(48.4861, 55.3505, 22.0367)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC86B #6B70CD

analogous

#CD976B #CDC86B #A1CD6B

triadic

#CDC86B #6BCDC8 #C86BCD

tetradic

#CDC86B #6BCD97 #6B70CD #CD6BA1

square

#CDC86B #6BCD97 #6B70CD #CD6BA1

split-complementary

#CDC86B #6BA1CD #976BCD

monochromatic

#8E8930 #BBB53F #CDC86B #DCD999 #ECEAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC86B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC86B	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)

#D6C263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded897',
    500: '#cdc86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc86b;
$custom-light: #ded897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81723,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.55349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC86B

secondary

#484C94

accent

#30BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC86B

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

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