#CDC862#CDC862

#CDC862 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.125 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC862
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -11.81, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 52.32, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.035 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.125 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0370, 55.1709, 19.6715)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC862 #6267CD

analogous

#CD9362 #CDC862 #9DCD62

triadic

#CDC862 #62CDC8 #C862CD

tetradic

#CDC862 #62CD93 #6267CD #CD629D

square

#CDC862 #62CD93 #6267CD #CD629D

split-complementary

#CDC862 #629DCD #9362CD

monochromatic

#89852C #B7B23A #CDC862 #DCD890 #EBE9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC862

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC862	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.125 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded891',
    500: '#cdc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc862;
$custom-light: #ded891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81608,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC862

secondary

#434790

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC862

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

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