#CDC462#CDC462

#CDC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC462
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -9.77, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 50.68, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0292 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(47.1227, 53.3423, 19.3668)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC462 #626BCD

analogous

#CD8F62 #CDC462 #A1CD62

triadic

#CDC462 #62CDC4 #C462CD

tetradic

#CDC462 #62CD8F #626BCD #CD62A1

square

#CDC462 #62CD8F #626BCD #CD62A1

split-complementary

#CDC462 #62A1CD #8F62CD

monochromatic

#89812C #B7AD3A #CDC462 #DCD590 #EBE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC462

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC462	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded591',
    500: '#cdc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc462;
$custom-light: #ded591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80763,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.53341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC462

secondary

#434A90

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC462

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

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