#CDC86E#CDC86E

#CDC86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.113 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC86E
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -10.74, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 46.62, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0307 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.113 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6467, 55.4148, 22.8824)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC86E #6E73CD

analogous

#CD996E #CDC86E #A3CD6E

triadic

#CDC86E #6ECDC8 #C86ECD

tetradic

#CDC86E #6ECD99 #6E73CD #CD6EA3

square

#CDC86E #6ECD99 #6E73CD #CD6EA3

split-complementary

#CDC86E #6EA3CD #996ECD

monochromatic

#8F8A31 #BDB641 #CDC86E #DDD99C #ECEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CDC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC86E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC86E	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)

#D6C266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.113 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded899',
    500: '#cdc86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc86e;
$custom-light: #ded899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81764,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC86E

secondary

#4A4E96

accent

#31BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC86E

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

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