#CDC665#CDC665

#CDC665 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.120 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC665
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -10.54, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 50.08, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0311 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.12 105)
XYZ	xyz(47.7212, 54.3083, 20.2782)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC665 #656CCD

analogous

#CD9265 #CDC665 #A0CD65

triadic

#CDC665 #65CDC6 #C665CD

tetradic

#CDC665 #65CD92 #656CCD #CD65A0

square

#CDC665 #65CD92 #656CCD #CD65A0

split-complementary

#CDC665 #65A0CD #9265CD

monochromatic

#8B842D #B9B03C #CDC665 #DCD793 #EBE8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC665

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC665	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.120 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded793',
    500: '#cdc665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc665;
$custom-light: #ded793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.54307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC665

secondary

#454A91

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC665

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

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