#CDC450#CDC450

#CDC450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC450
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -11.13, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 58.79, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0351 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3664, 53.0398, 15.3832)
Luminance	0.5304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC450 #5059CD

analogous

#CD8550 #CDC450 #97CD50

triadic

#CDC450 #50CDC4 #C450CD

tetradic

#CDC450 #50CD85 #5059CD #CD5097

square

#CDC450 #50CD85 #5059CD #CD5097

split-complementary

#CDC450 #5097CD #8550CD

monochromatic

#7E7824 #AEA532 #CDC450 #DBD480 #E8E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC450

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC450	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd586',
    500: '#cdc450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc450;
$custom-light: #dfd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80563,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC450

secondary

#3B4086

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC450

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

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