#CDC460#CDC460

#CDC460 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.122 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC460
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -9.94, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 51.61, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0299 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.123 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0295, 53.3050, 18.8756)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC460 #6069CD

analogous

#CD8E60 #CDC460 #A0CD60

triadic

#CDC460 #60CDC4 #C460CD

tetradic

#CDC460 #60CD8E #6069CD #CD60A0

square

#CDC460 #60CD8E #6069CD #CD60A0

split-complementary

#CDC460 #60A0CD #8E60CD

monochromatic

#88802B #B6AC39 #CDC460 #DCD58F #EAE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CDC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC460

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC460	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.122 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded590',
    500: '#cdc460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc460;
$custom-light: #ded590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80738,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC460

secondary

#42498F

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC460

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

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