#CDC950#CDC950

#CDC950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC950
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -13.66, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 60.73, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0422 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.142 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5130, 55.3331, 15.7654)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC950 #5054CD

analogous

#CD8A50 #CDC950 #92CD50

triadic

#CDC950 #50CDC9 #C950CD

tetradic

#CDC950 #50CD8A #5054CD #CD5092

square

#CDC950 #50CD8A #5054CD #CD5092

split-complementary

#CDC950 #5092CD #8A50CD

monochromatic

#7E7C24 #AEAA32 #CDC950 #DBD880 #E8E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC950

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC950	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd986',
    500: '#cdc950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc950;
$custom-light: #dfd986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC950

secondary

#3B3D86

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC950

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

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