#CDC65B#CDC65B

#CDC65B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65B
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -11.36, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 54.72, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0345 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.129 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2607, 54.1241, 17.8530)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65B #5B62CD

analogous

#CD8D5B #CDC65B #9BCD5B

triadic

#CDC65B #5BCDC6 #C65BCD

tetradic

#CDC65B #5BCD8D #5B62CD #CD5B9B

square

#CDC65B #5BCD8D #5B62CD #CD5B9B

split-complementary

#CDC65B #5B9BCD #8D5BCD

monochromatic

#857F29 #B4AC37 #CDC65B #DBD68A #EAE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CDC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65B	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)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78d',
    500: '#cdc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65b;
$custom-light: #dfd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65B

secondary

#40458C

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65B

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

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