#CDC265#CDC265

#CDC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC265
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -8.49, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 48.45, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0252 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.116 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8189, 52.5038, 19.9774)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC265 #6570CD

analogous

#CD8E65 #CDC265 #A4CD65

triadic

#CDC265 #65CDC2 #C265CD

tetradic

#CDC265 #65CD8E #6570CD #CD65A4

square

#CDC265 #65CD8E #6570CD #CD65A4

split-complementary

#CDC265 #65A4CD #8E65CD

monochromatic

#8B812D #B9AC3C #CDC265 #DCD493 #EBE7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CDC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC265

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC265	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded493',
    500: '#cdc265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc265;
$custom-light: #ded493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.654,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8038,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC265

secondary

#454D91

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC265

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

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