#CDCD50#CDCD50

#CDCD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.146 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD50
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -15.67, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 62.33, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0479 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.146 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4576, 57.2223, 16.0803)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD50 #5050CD

analogous

#CD8E50 #CDCD50 #8ECD50

triadic

#CDCD50 #50CDCD #CD50CD

tetradic

#CDCD50 #50CD8E #5050CD #CD508E

square

#CDCD50 #50CD8E #5050CD #CD508E

split-complementary

#CDCD50 #508ECD #8E50CD

monochromatic

#7E7E24 #AEAE32 #CDCD50 #DBDB80 #E8E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CDCD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD50

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD50	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.146 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc86',
    500: '#cdcd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd50;
$custom-light: #dfdc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.14568,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD50

secondary

#3B3B86

accent

#49DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD50

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

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