#CDC255#CDC255

#CDC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC255
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -9.76, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 55.84, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0306 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1099, 52.2202, 16.2432)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC255 #5560CD

analogous

#CD8655 #CDC255 #9CCD55

triadic

#CDC255 #55CDC2 #C255CD

tetradic

#CDC255 #55CD86 #5560CD #CD559C

square

#CDC255 #55CD86 #5560CD #CD559C

split-complementary

#CDC255 #559CCD #8655CD

monochromatic

#827926 #B1A534 #CDC255 #DBD384 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC255

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC255	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd489',
    500: '#cdc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc255;
$custom-light: #dfd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80192,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC255

secondary

#3D4489

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC255

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

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