#CDC350#CDC350

#CDC350 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC350
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -10.62, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 58.41, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0336 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1415, 52.5902, 15.3082)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC350 #505ACD

analogous

#CD8450 #CDC350 #98CD50

triadic

#CDC350 #50CDC3 #C350CD

tetradic

#CDC350 #50CD84 #505ACD #CD5098

square

#CDC350 #50CD84 #505ACD #CD5098

split-complementary

#CDC350 #5098CD #8450CD

monochromatic

#7E7724 #AEA432 #CDC350 #DBD380 #E8E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CDC350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC350

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC350	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd486',
    500: '#cdc350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc350;
$custom-light: #dfd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80352,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC350

secondary

#3B4186

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC350

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

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