#CDC968#CDC968

#CDC968 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.120 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC968
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -11.80, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 49.93, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0344 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.12 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5634, 55.7532, 21.2973)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC968 #686CCD

analogous

#CD9668 #CDC968 #9ECD68

triadic

#CDC968 #68CDC9 #C968CD

tetradic

#CDC968 #68CD96 #686CCD #CD689E

square

#CDC968 #68CD96 #686CCD #CD689E

split-complementary

#CDC968 #689ECD #9668CD

monochromatic

#8C882E #BAB53E #CDC968 #DCD996 #EBEAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDC968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC968

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC968	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.120 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded995',
    500: '#cdc968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc968;
$custom-light: #ded995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81895,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC968

secondary

#464993

accent

#2EBE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC968

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

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