#CDC256#CDC256

#CDC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC256
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -9.69, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 55.40, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0303 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.13 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1499, 52.2362, 16.4539)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC256 #5661CD

analogous

#CD8756 #CDC256 #9CCD56

triadic

#CDC256 #56CDC2 #C256CD

tetradic

#CDC256 #56CD87 #5661CD #CD569C

square

#CDC256 #56CD87 #5661CD #CD569C

split-complementary

#CDC256 #569CCD #8756CD

monochromatic

#827A26 #B1A634 #CDC256 #DBD385 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CDC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC256

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC256	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd489',
    500: '#cdc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc256;
$custom-light: #dfd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80202,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC256

secondary

#3E4589

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC256

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

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