#CDC465#CDC465

#CDC465 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.118 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC465
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -9.51, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 49.26, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0281 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.118 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2670, 53.4001, 20.1268)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC465 #656ECD

analogous

#CD9065 #CDC465 #A2CD65

triadic

#CDC465 #65CDC4 #C465CD

tetradic

#CDC465 #65CD90 #656ECD #CD65A2

square

#CDC465 #65CD90 #656ECD #CD65A2

split-complementary

#CDC465 #65A2CD #9065CD

monochromatic

#8B832D #B9AE3C #CDC465 #DCD693 #EBE7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC465

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC465	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.118 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded593',
    500: '#cdc465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc465;
$custom-light: #ded593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC465

secondary

#454B91

accent

#5ADA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC465

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

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