#CDC969#CDC969

#CDC969 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.119 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC969
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -11.71, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 49.45, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.034 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.119 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6144, 55.7737, 21.5664)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC969 #696DCD

analogous

#CD9769 #CDC969 #9FCD69

triadic

#CDC969 #69CDC9 #C969CD

tetradic

#CDC969 #69CD97 #696DCD #CD699F

square

#CDC969 #69CD97 #696DCD #CD699F

split-complementary

#CDC969 #699FCD #9769CD

monochromatic

#8D892F #BBB63E #CDC969 #DCDA97 #ECEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CDC969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC969

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC969	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)

#D7C360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.119 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded996',
    500: '#cdc969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc969;
$custom-light: #ded996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81908,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC969

secondary

#474A93

accent

#2EBD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC969

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

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