#CDCC68#CDCC68

#CDCC68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.123 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC68
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 49.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -13.32, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 51.23, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0387 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.123 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2695, 57.1656, 21.5327)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC68 #6869CD

analogous

#CD9968 #CDCC68 #9BCD68

triadic

#CDCC68 #68CDCC #CC68CD

tetradic

#CDCC68 #68CD99 #6869CD #CD689B

square

#CDCC68 #68CD99 #6869CD #CD689B

split-complementary

#CDCC68 #689BCD #9968CD

monochromatic

#8C8B2E #BAB93E #CDCC68 #DCDC96 #EBEBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCC68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CDCC68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC68

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC68	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.123 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb95',
    500: '#cdcc68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc68;
$custom-light: #dedb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.406,
    "s": 50.249,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82531,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC68

secondary

#464793

accent

#29BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC68

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

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