#CDC762#CDC762

#CDC762 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC762
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -11.30, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 51.90, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0336 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.124 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8062, 54.7092, 19.5946)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC762 #6268CD

analogous

#CD9262 #CDC762 #9DCD62

triadic

#CDC762 #62CDC7 #C762CD

tetradic

#CDC762 #62CD92 #6268CD #CD629D

square

#CDC762 #62CD92 #6268CD #CD629D

split-complementary

#CDC762 #629DCD #9262CD

monochromatic

#89842C #B7B03A #CDC762 #DCD890 #EBE8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#CDC762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC762

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC762	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded791',
    500: '#cdc762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc762;
$custom-light: #ded791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.636,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81396,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC762

secondary

#434890

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC762

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

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