#CDC455#CDC455

#CDC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC455
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -10.79, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 56.61, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0335 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.132 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5580, 53.1165, 16.3926)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC455 #555ECD

analogous

#CD8855 #CDC455 #9ACD55

triadic

#CDC455 #55CDC4 #C455CD

tetradic

#CDC455 #55CD88 #555ECD #CD559A

square

#CDC455 #55CD88 #555ECD #CD559A

split-complementary

#CDC455 #559ACD #8855CD

monochromatic

#827B26 #B1A734 #CDC455 #DBD484 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC455

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC455	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd589',
    500: '#cdc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc455;
$custom-light: #dfd589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80614,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC455

secondary

#3D4389

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC455

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

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