#CDC650#CDC650

#CDC650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.139 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC650
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -12.15, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 59.56, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0379 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.139 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8205, 53.9480, 15.5346)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC650 #5057CD

analogous

#CD8750 #CDC650 #95CD50

triadic

#CDC650 #50CDC6 #C650CD

tetradic

#CDC650 #50CD87 #5057CD #CD5095

square

#CDC650 #50CD87 #5057CD #CD5095

split-complementary

#CDC650 #5095CD #8750CD

monochromatic

#7E7924 #AEA732 #CDC650 #DBD680 #E8E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC650

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC650	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.139 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd786',
    500: '#cdc650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc650;
$custom-light: #dfd786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80988,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC650

secondary

#3B3F86

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC650

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

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