#CDC260#CDC260

#CDC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC260
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -8.91, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 50.81, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0269 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.121 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5814, 52.4088, 18.7263)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC260 #606BCD

analogous

#CD8C60 #CDC260 #A2CD60

triadic

#CDC260 #60CDC2 #C260CD

tetradic

#CDC260 #60CD8C #606BCD #CD60A2

square

#CDC260 #60CD8C #606BCD #CD60A2

split-complementary

#CDC260 #60A2CD #8C60CD

monochromatic

#887E2B #B6AA39 #CDC260 #DCD48F #EAE6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CDC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC260

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC260	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded490',
    500: '#cdc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc260;
$custom-light: #ded490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80317,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC260

secondary

#424A8F

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC260

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

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