#CDC355#CDC355

#CDC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC355
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -10.27, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 56.23, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0321 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3332, 52.6668, 16.3177)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC355 #555FCD

analogous

#CD8755 #CDC355 #9BCD55

triadic

#CDC355 #55CDC3 #C355CD

tetradic

#CDC355 #55CD87 #555FCD #CD559B

square

#CDC355 #55CD87 #555FCD #CD559B

split-complementary

#CDC355 #559BCD #8755CD

monochromatic

#827A26 #B1A634 #CDC355 #DBD484 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CDC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC355

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC355	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd489',
    500: '#cdc355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc355;
$custom-light: #dfd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80403,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC355

secondary

#3D4489

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC355

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

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