#CDC563#CDC563

#CDC563 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC563
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -10.20, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 50.61, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0303 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.121 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3965, 53.8140, 19.6924)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC563 #636BCD

analogous

#CD9063 #CDC563 #A0CD63

triadic

#CDC563 #63CDC5 #C563CD

tetradic

#CDC563 #63CD90 #636BCD #CD63A0

square

#CDC563 #63CD90 #636BCD #CD63A0

split-complementary

#CDC563 #63A0CD #9063CD

monochromatic

#8A822C #B8AE3B #CDC563 #DCD691 #EBE7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC563

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC563	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)

#D4BF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded692',
    500: '#cdc563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc563;
$custom-light: #ded692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC563

secondary

#444A90

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC563

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

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