#CDC463#CDC463

#CDC463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.120 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC463
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -9.69, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 50.20, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0288 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.12 104)
XYZ	xyz(47.1702, 53.3613, 19.6170)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC463 #636CCD

analogous

#CD8F63 #CDC463 #A1CD63

triadic

#CDC463 #63CDC4 #C463CD

tetradic

#CDC463 #63CD8F #636CCD #CD63A1

square

#CDC463 #63CD8F #636CCD #CD63A1

split-complementary

#CDC463 #63A1CD #8F63CD

monochromatic

#8A822C #B8AD3B #CDC463 #DCD691 #EBE7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC463

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC463	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)

#D3BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.120 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded592',
    500: '#cdc463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc463;
$custom-light: #ded592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80775,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.5336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC463

secondary

#444A90

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC463

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

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