#CDC250#CDC250

#CDC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC250
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -10.11, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 58.04, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0322 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9182, 52.1436, 15.2338)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC250 #505BCD

analogous

#CD8350 #CDC250 #99CD50

triadic

#CDC250 #50CDC2 #C250CD

tetradic

#CDC250 #50CD83 #505BCD #CD5099

square

#CDC250 #50CD83 #505BCD #CD5099

split-complementary

#CDC250 #5099CD #8350CD

monochromatic

#7E7724 #AEA332 #CDC250 #DBD380 #E8E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC250

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC250	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd486',
    500: '#cdc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc250;
$custom-light: #dfd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8014,
    "c": 0.13472,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC250

secondary

#3B4286

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC250

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

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