#CDC055#CDC055

#CDC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC055
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -8.74, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 55.09, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0277 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.129 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6678, 51.3360, 16.0958)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC055 #5562CD

analogous

#CD8455 #CDC055 #9ECD55

triadic

#CDC055 #55CDC0 #C055CD

tetradic

#CDC055 #55CD84 #5562CD #CD559E

square

#CDC055 #55CD84 #5562CD #CD559E

split-complementary

#CDC055 #559ECD #8455CD

monochromatic

#827826 #B1A334 #CDC055 #DBD284 #E9E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CDC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC055

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC055	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd289',
    500: '#cdc055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc055;
$custom-light: #dfd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC055

secondary

#3D4589

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC055

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

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