#CDC262#CDC262

#CDC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC262
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -8.75, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 49.87, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0262 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.119 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6746, 52.4461, 19.2174)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC262 #626DCD

analogous

#CD8D62 #CDC262 #A3CD62

triadic

#CDC262 #62CDC2 #C262CD

tetradic

#CDC262 #62CD8D #626DCD #CD62A3

square

#CDC262 #62CD8D #626DCD #CD62A3

split-complementary

#CDC262 #62A3CD #8D62CD

monochromatic

#897F2C #B7AB3A #CDC262 #DCD490 #EBE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CDC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC262

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC262	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded491',
    500: '#cdc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc262;
$custom-light: #ded491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80342,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC262

secondary

#434B90

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC262

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

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