#CDC562#CDC562

#CDC562 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.122 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC562
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -10.28, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 51.08, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0306 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.122 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3490, 53.7950, 19.4422)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC562 #626ACD

analogous

#CD9062 #CDC562 #A0CD62

triadic

#CDC562 #62CDC5 #C562CD

tetradic

#CDC562 #62CD90 #626ACD #CD62A0

square

#CDC562 #62CD90 #626ACD #CD62A0

split-complementary

#CDC562 #62A0CD #9062CD

monochromatic

#89822C #B7AE3A #CDC562 #DCD690 #EBE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC562

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC562	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.122 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded691',
    500: '#cdc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc562;
$custom-light: #ded691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80973,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC562

secondary

#434990

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC562

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

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