#CDC156#CDC156

#CDC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC156
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -9.18, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 55.02, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0288 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.129 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9281, 51.7926, 16.3800)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC156 #5662CD

analogous

#CD8656 #CDC156 #9DCD56

triadic

#CDC156 #56CDC1 #C156CD

tetradic

#CDC156 #56CD86 #5662CD #CD569D

square

#CDC156 #56CD86 #5662CD #CD569D

split-complementary

#CDC156 #569DCD #8656CD

monochromatic

#827926 #B1A534 #CDC156 #DBD285 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CDC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC156

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC156	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)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd389',
    500: '#cdc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc156;
$custom-light: #dfd389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79991,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC156

secondary

#3E4589

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC156

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

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