#CDC155#CDC155

#CDC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC155
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -9.25, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 55.46, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0291 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.13 103)
XYZ	xyz(45.8881, 51.7766, 16.1693)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC155 #5561CD

analogous

#CD8555 #CDC155 #9DCD55

triadic

#CDC155 #55CDC1 #C155CD

tetradic

#CDC155 #55CD85 #5561CD #CD559D

square

#CDC155 #55CD85 #5561CD #CD559D

split-complementary

#CDC155 #559DCD #8555CD

monochromatic

#827826 #B1A434 #CDC155 #DBD284 #E9E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CDC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC155

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC155	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd389',
    500: '#cdc155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc155;
$custom-light: #dfd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79981,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.51775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC155

secondary

#3D4589

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC155

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

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