#CDC65F#CDC65F

#CDC65F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.125 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC65F
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -11.04, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 52.88, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0331 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.125 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4379, 54.1950, 18.7861)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC65F #5F66CD

analogous

#CD8F5F #CDC65F #9DCD5F

triadic

#CDC65F #5FCDC6 #C65FCD

tetradic

#CDC65F #5FCD8F #5F66CD #CD5F9D

square

#CDC65F #5FCD8F #5F66CD #CD5F9D

split-complementary

#CDC65F #5F9DCD #8F5FCD

monochromatic

#87812A #B6AE39 #CDC65F #DCD78E #EAE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC65F

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC65F	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)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.125 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded78f',
    500: '#cdc65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc65f;
$custom-light: #ded78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81148,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC65F

secondary

#42478E

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC65F

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

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