#CDCA65#CDCA65

#CDCA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.124 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA65
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -12.57, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 51.77, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0369 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.124 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6475, 56.1611, 20.5870)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA65 #6568CD

analogous

#CD9665 #CDCA65 #9CCD65

triadic

#CDCA65 #65CDCA #CA65CD

tetradic

#CDCA65 #65CD96 #6568CD #CD659C

square

#CDCA65 #65CD96 #6568CD #CD659C

split-complementary

#CDCA65 #659CCD #9665CD

monochromatic

#8B882D #B9B53C #CDCA65 #DCDA93 #EBEAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDCA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA65

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA65	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.124 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deda93',
    500: '#cdca65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca65;
$custom-light: #deda93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82068,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA65

secondary

#454791

accent

#51DA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA65

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

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