#CDC960#CDC960

#CDC960 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.128 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC960
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -12.48, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 53.66, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0372 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.128 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1761, 55.5983, 19.2578)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC960 #6064CD

analogous

#CD9360 #CDC960 #9BCD60

triadic

#CDC960 #60CDC9 #C960CD

tetradic

#CDC960 #60CD93 #6064CD #CD609B

square

#CDC960 #60CD93 #6064CD #CD609B

split-complementary

#CDC960 #609BCD #9360CD

monochromatic

#88842B #B6B239 #CDC960 #DCD98F #EAE9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC960

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC960	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.128 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded990',
    500: '#cdc960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc960;
$custom-light: #ded990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81796,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC960

secondary

#42458F

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC960

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

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