#CDC263#CDC263

#CDC263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC263
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -8.66, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 49.40, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0259 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7221, 52.4651, 19.4676)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC263 #636ECD

analogous

#CD8D63 #CDC263 #A3CD63

triadic

#CDC263 #63CDC2 #C263CD

tetradic

#CDC263 #63CD8D #636ECD #CD63A3

square

#CDC263 #63CD8D #636ECD #CD63A3

split-complementary

#CDC263 #63A3CD #8D63CD

monochromatic

#8A802C #B8AB3B #CDC263 #DCD491 #EBE6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CDC263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC263

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC263	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)

#D1BD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded492',
    500: '#cdc263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc263;
$custom-light: #ded492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC263

secondary

#444C90

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC263

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

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