#CDC86C#CDC86C

#CDC86C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.115 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC86C
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -10.92, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 47.59, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0315 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.115 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5390, 55.3717, 22.3154)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC86C #6C71CD

analogous

#CD986C #CDC86C #A2CD6C

triadic

#CDC86C #6CCDC8 #C86CCD

tetradic

#CDC86C #6CCD98 #6C71CD #CD6CA2

square

#CDC86C #6CCD98 #6C71CD #CD6CA2

split-complementary

#CDC86C #6CA2CD #986CCD

monochromatic

#8E8930 #BCB640 #CDC86C #DDD99A #ECEAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC86C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC86C	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)

#D6C264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.115 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded898',
    500: '#cdc86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc86c;
$custom-light: #ded898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC86C

secondary

#484C95

accent

#31BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC86C

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

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