#CDC962#CDC962

#CDC962 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.126 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC962
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -12.32, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 52.74, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0365 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.126 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2694, 55.6356, 19.7490)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC962 #6266CD

analogous

#CD9462 #CDC962 #9CCD62

triadic

#CDC962 #62CDC9 #C962CD

tetradic

#CDC962 #62CD94 #6266CD #CD629C

square

#CDC962 #62CD94 #6266CD #CD629C

split-complementary

#CDC962 #629CCD #9462CD

monochromatic

#89852C #B7B33A #CDC962 #DCD990 #EBE9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CDC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC962

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC962	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.126 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded991',
    500: '#cdc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc962;
$custom-light: #ded991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81819,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC962

secondary

#434690

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC962

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

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