#CDBC55#CDBC55

#CDBC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC55
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -6.67, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 53.62, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0218 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(44.8014, 49.6033, 15.8071)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC55 #5566CD

analogous

#CD8055 #CDBC55 #A2CD55

triadic

#CDBC55 #55CDBC #BC55CD

tetradic

#CDBC55 #55CD80 #5566CD #CD55A2

square

#CDBC55 #55CD80 #5566CD #CD55A2

split-complementary

#CDBC55 #55A2CD #8055CD

monochromatic

#827526 #B19F34 #CDBC55 #DBCF84 #E9E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#CDBC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC55

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC55	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf88',
    500: '#cdbc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc55;
$custom-light: #dfcf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.49601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC55

secondary

#A6ADD7

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC55

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

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