#CDCB66#CDCB66

#CDCB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.124 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB66
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -12.99, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 51.73, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.038 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.124 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9322, 56.6516, 20.9250)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB66 #6668CD

analogous

#CD9766 #CDCB66 #9BCD66

triadic

#CDCB66 #66CDCB #CB66CD

tetradic

#CDCB66 #66CD97 #6668CD #CD669B

square

#CDCB66 #66CD97 #6668CD #CD669B

split-complementary

#CDCB66 #669BCD #9766CD

monochromatic

#8B892D #B9B73D #CDCB66 #DCDB94 #EBEAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CDCB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB66

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB66	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.124 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda94',
    500: '#cdcb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb66;
$custom-light: #deda94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82293,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB66

secondary

#454792

accent

#2ABE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB66

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

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