#CDCD65#CDCD65

#CDCD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.127 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD65
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -14.08, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 53.06, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0412 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.127 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3583, 57.5826, 20.8239)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD65 #6565CD

analogous

#CD9965 #CDCD65 #99CD65

triadic

#CDCD65 #65CDCD #CD65CD

tetradic

#CDCD65 #65CD99 #6565CD #CD6599

square

#CDCD65 #65CD99 #6565CD #CD6599

split-complementary

#CDCD65 #6599CD #9965CD

monochromatic

#8B8B2D #B9B93C #CDCD65 #DCDC93 #EBEBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#CDCD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD65

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD65	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.127 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedc94',
    500: '#cdcd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd65;
$custom-light: #dedc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82706,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD65

secondary

#454591

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD65

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

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