#CDC65A#CDC65A

#CDC65A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.130 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -11.43, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 55.17, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0348 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.13 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2178, 54.1070, 17.6273)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65A #5A61CD

analogous

#CD8D5A #CDC65A #9ACD5A

triadic

#CDC65A #5ACDC6 #C65ACD

tetradic

#CDC65A #5ACD8D #5A61CD #CD5A9A

square

#CDC65A #5ACD8D #5A61CD #CD5A9A

split-complementary

#CDC65A #5A9ACD #8D5ACD

monochromatic

#847F28 #B3AC36 #CDC65A #DBD689 #E9E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CDC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65A	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.130 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cdc65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65a;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81091,
    "c": 0.13006,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65A

secondary

#40448C

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65A

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

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