#CDC560#CDC560

#CDC560 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.124 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC560
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -10.45, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 52.02, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0314 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.124 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2558, 53.7577, 18.9511)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC560 #6068CD

analogous

#CD8F60 #CDC560 #9FCD60

triadic

#CDC560 #60CDC5 #C560CD

tetradic

#CDC560 #60CD8F #6068CD #CD609F

square

#CDC560 #60CD8F #6068CD #CD609F

split-complementary

#CDC560 #609FCD #8F60CD

monochromatic

#88812B #B6AD39 #CDC560 #DCD68F #EAE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC560

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC560	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.124 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded690',
    500: '#cdc560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc560;
$custom-light: #ded690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80949,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC560

secondary

#42488F

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC560

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

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