#CDCA66#CDCA66

#CDCA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.123 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA66
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -12.48, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 51.30, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0365 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.123 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6968, 56.1808, 20.8466)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA66 #6669CD

analogous

#CD9666 #CDCA66 #9DCD66

triadic

#CDCA66 #66CDCA #CA66CD

tetradic

#CDCA66 #66CD96 #6669CD #CD669D

square

#CDCA66 #66CD96 #6669CD #CD669D

split-complementary

#CDCA66 #669DCD #9666CD

monochromatic

#8B882D #B9B63D #CDCA66 #DCDA94 #EBEAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CDCA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA66

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA66	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.123 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda94',
    500: '#cdca66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca66;
$custom-light: #deda94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82081,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA66

secondary

#454892

accent

#2CBE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA66

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

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