#CDC86D#CDC86D

#CDC86D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.114 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC86D
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -10.83, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 47.10, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0311 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.114 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5925, 55.3931, 22.5973)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC86D #6D72CD

analogous

#CD986D #CDC86D #A2CD6D

triadic

#CDC86D #6DCDC8 #C86DCD

tetradic

#CDC86D #6DCD98 #6D72CD #CD6DA2

square

#CDC86D #6DCD98 #6D72CD #CD6DA2

split-complementary

#CDC86D #6DA2CD #986DCD

monochromatic

#8F8A31 #BCB640 #CDC86D #DDD99B #ECEAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CDC86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC86D

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC86D	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.114 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded899',
    500: '#cdc86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc86d;
$custom-light: #ded899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC86D

secondary

#494D95

accent

#31BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC86D

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

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