#CDC565#CDC565

#CDC565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC565
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -10.03, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 49.67, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0296 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.119 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4933, 53.8527, 20.2022)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC565 #656DCD

analogous

#CD9165 #CDC565 #A1CD65

triadic

#CDC565 #65CDC5 #C565CD

tetradic

#CDC565 #65CD91 #656DCD #CD65A1

square

#CDC565 #65CD91 #656DCD #CD65A1

split-complementary

#CDC565 #65A1CD #9165CD

monochromatic

#8B832D #B9AF3C #CDC565 #DCD693 #EBE8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC565

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC565	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded693',
    500: '#cdc565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc565;
$custom-light: #ded693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC565

secondary

#454B91

accent

#58DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC565

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

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