#CDC662#CDC662

#CDC662 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.123 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC662
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -10.79, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 51.49, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0321 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.123 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5769, 54.2506, 19.5181)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC662 #6269CD

analogous

#CD9162 #CDC662 #9FCD62

triadic

#CDC662 #62CDC6 #C662CD

tetradic

#CDC662 #62CD91 #6269CD #CD629F

square

#CDC662 #62CD91 #6269CD #CD629F

split-complementary

#CDC662 #629FCD #9162CD

monochromatic

#89832C #B7AF3A #CDC662 #DCD790 #EBE8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CDC662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC662

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC662	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.123 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded791',
    500: '#cdc662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc662;
$custom-light: #ded791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81184,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC662

secondary

#434890

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC662

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

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