#CDC765#CDC765

#CDC765 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC765
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -11.05, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 50.50, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0325 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.121 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9505, 54.7670, 20.3546)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC765 #656BCD

analogous

#CD9365 #CDC765 #9FCD65

triadic

#CDC765 #65CDC7 #C765CD

tetradic

#CDC765 #65CD93 #656BCD #CD659F

square

#CDC765 #65CD93 #656BCD #CD659F

split-complementary

#CDC765 #659FCD #9365CD

monochromatic

#8B852D #B9B23C #CDC765 #DCD893 #EBE9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC765

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC765	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded793',
    500: '#cdc765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc765;
$custom-light: #ded793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC765

secondary

#454991

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC765

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

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