#CDC050#CDC050

#CDC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC050
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -9.09, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 57.30, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0292 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4761, 51.2593, 15.0864)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC050 #505DCD

analogous

#CD8150 #CDC050 #9BCD50

triadic

#CDC050 #50CDC0 #C050CD

tetradic

#CDC050 #50CD81 #505DCD #CD509B

square

#CDC050 #50CD81 #505DCD #CD509B

split-complementary

#CDC050 #509BCD #8150CD

monochromatic

#7E7524 #AEA132 #CDC050 #DBD180 #E8E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CDC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC050

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC050	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd286',
    500: '#cdc050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc050;
$custom-light: #dfd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79719,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC050

secondary

#3B4386

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC050

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

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