#CDC65E#CDC65E

#CDC65E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65E
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -11.12, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 53.35, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0335 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.126 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3927, 54.1769, 18.5482)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65E #5E65CD

analogous

#CD8E5E #CDC65E #9CCD5E

triadic

#CDC65E #5ECDC6 #C65ECD

tetradic

#CDC65E #5ECD8E #5E65CD #CD5E9C

square

#CDC65E #5ECD8E #5E65CD #CD5E9C

split-complementary

#CDC65E #5E9CCD #8E5ECD

monochromatic

#87812A #B5AE38 #CDC65E #DCD78D #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65E	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78f',
    500: '#cdc65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65e;
$custom-light: #dfd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65E

secondary

#41468E

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65E

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

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