#CDC863#CDC863

#CDC863 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.124 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC863
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 51.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -11.73, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 51.85, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0347 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.124 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0845, 55.1899, 19.9217)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC863 #6368CD

analogous

#CD9363 #CDC863 #9DCD63

triadic

#CDC863 #63CDC8 #C863CD

tetradic

#CDC863 #63CD93 #6368CD #CD639D

square

#CDC863 #63CD93 #6368CD #CD639D

split-complementary

#CDC863 #639DCD #9363CD

monochromatic

#8A852C #B8B23B #CDC863 #DCD891 #EBE9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC863

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC863	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.124 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded892',
    500: '#cdc863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc863;
$custom-light: #ded892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.17,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8162,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC863

secondary

#444790

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC863

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

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