#CDC550#CDC550

#CDC550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC550
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -11.64, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 59.17, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0365 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5927, 53.4924, 15.4586)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC550 #5058CD

analogous

#CD8650 #CDC550 #96CD50

triadic

#CDC550 #50CDC5 #C550CD

tetradic

#CDC550 #50CD86 #5058CD #CD5096

square

#CDC550 #50CD86 #5058CD #CD5096

split-complementary

#CDC550 #5096CD #8650CD

monochromatic

#7E7924 #AEA632 #CDC550 #DBD580 #E8E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC550

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC550	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd686',
    500: '#cdc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc550;
$custom-light: #dfd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80775,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC550

secondary

#3B4086

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC550

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

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