Dirty Yellow#CDC50A

#CDC50A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.171 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dirty Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CDC50A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 10)
HSL	hsl(58, 91%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 95%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 95.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -14.19, 77.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 78.88, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.049 0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.171 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2000, 52.9353, 8.1237)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC50A #0A12CD

analogous

#CD630A #CDC50A #74CD0A

triadic

#CDC50A #0ACDC5 #C50ACD

tetradic

#CDC50A #0ACD63 #0A12CD #CD0A74

square

#CDC50A #0ACD63 #0A12CD #CD0A74

split-complementary

#CDC50A #0A74CD #630ACD

monochromatic

#585504 #938D07 #CDC50A #F4EB20 #F7F15A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC50A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC50A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC50A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC50A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC50A	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc50a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.171 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d669',
    500: '#cdc50a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc50a;
$custom-light: #e1d669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc50a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.538,
    "s": 90.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80409,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC50A

secondary

#161A65

accent

#32FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF0

border

#D6D4CB

text

#161408

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC50A

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

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