#CDC65D#CDC65D

#CDC65D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.127 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -11.20, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 53.80, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0338 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.127 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3481, 54.1591, 18.3134)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65D #5D64CD

analogous

#CD8E5D #CDC65D #9CCD5D

triadic

#CDC65D #5DCDC6 #C65DCD

tetradic

#CDC65D #5DCD8E #5D64CD #CD5D9C

square

#CDC65D #5DCD8E #5D64CD #CD5D9C

split-complementary

#CDC65D #5D9CCD #8E5DCD

monochromatic

#868029 #B5AD38 #CDC65D #DBD68C #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65D	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D5C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.127 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78e',
    500: '#cdc65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65d;
$custom-light: #dfd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81125,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65D

secondary

#41468D

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65D

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

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