#CDC865#CDC865

#CDC865 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC865
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -11.55, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 50.92, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.034 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.122 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1813, 55.2286, 20.4315)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC865 #656ACD

analogous

#CD9465 #CDC865 #9ECD65

triadic

#CDC865 #65CDC8 #C865CD

tetradic

#CDC865 #65CD94 #656ACD #CD659E

square

#CDC865 #65CD94 #656ACD #CD659E

split-complementary

#CDC865 #659ECD #9465CD

monochromatic

#8B862D #B9B33C #CDC865 #DCD893 #EBE9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC865 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC865 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC865

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC865	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC865	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc865;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded893',
    500: '#cdc865',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc865;
$custom-light: #ded893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc865",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC865

secondary

#454991

accent

#54DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC865

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

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