#CDC356#CDC356

#CDC356 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 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC356
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -10.20, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 55.78, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0317 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3732, 52.6828, 16.5284)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC356 #5660CD

analogous

#CD8856 #CDC356 #9CCD56

triadic

#CDC356 #56CDC3 #C356CD

tetradic

#CDC356 #56CD88 #5660CD #CD569C

square

#CDC356 #56CD88 #5660CD #CD569C

split-complementary

#CDC356 #569CCD #8856CD

monochromatic

#827A26 #B1A734 #CDC356 #DBD485 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CDC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC356

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC356	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd489',
    500: '#cdc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc356;
$custom-light: #dfd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80413,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC356

secondary

#3E4489

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC356

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

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