#CDC362#CDC362

#CDC362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC362
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -9.26, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 50.27, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0277 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8979, 52.8927, 19.2918)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC362 #626CCD

analogous

#CD8E62 #CDC362 #A1CD62

triadic

#CDC362 #62CDC3 #C362CD

tetradic

#CDC362 #62CD8E #626CCD #CD62A1

square

#CDC362 #62CD8E #626CCD #CD62A1

split-complementary

#CDC362 #62A1CD #8E62CD

monochromatic

#89802C #B7AC3A #CDC362 #DCD590 #EBE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CDC362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC362

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC362	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded491',
    500: '#cdc362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc362;
$custom-light: #ded491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.393,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC362

secondary

#434B90

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC362

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

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