#CDCC65#CDCC65

#CDCC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.126 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC65
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -13.58, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 52.63, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0398 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.126 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1199, 57.1057, 20.7444)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC65 #6566CD

analogous

#CD9865 #CDCC65 #9ACD65

triadic

#CDCC65 #65CDCC #CC65CD

tetradic

#CDCC65 #65CD98 #6566CD #CD659A

square

#CDCC65 #65CD98 #6566CD #CD659A

split-complementary

#CDCC65 #659ACD #9865CD

monochromatic

#8B8A2D #B9B83C #CDCC65 #DCDB93 #EBEBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CDCC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC65

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC65	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.126 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedb94',
    500: '#cdcc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc65;
$custom-light: #dedb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82493,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC65

secondary

#454691

accent

#4FDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC65

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

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