#CDC65C#CDC65C

#CDC65C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.128 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65C
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -11.28, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 54.26, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0341 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.128 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3041, 54.1415, 18.0817)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65C #5C63CD

analogous

#CD8D5C #CDC65C #9BCD5C

triadic

#CDC65C #5CCDC6 #C65CCD

tetradic

#CDC65C #5CCD8D #5C63CD #CD5C9B

square

#CDC65C #5CCD8D #5C63CD #CD5C9B

split-complementary

#CDC65C #5C9BCD #8D5CCD

monochromatic

#868029 #B4AD37 #CDC65C #DBD68B #EAE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65C	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.128 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78d',
    500: '#cdc65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65c;
$custom-light: #dfd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81114,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65C

secondary

#40458D

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65C

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

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