#CDC456#CDC456

#CDC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC456
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -10.71, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 56.17, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0332 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.132 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5980, 53.1325, 16.6033)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC456 #565FCD

analogous

#CD8956 #CDC456 #9BCD56

triadic

#CDC456 #56CDC4 #C456CD

tetradic

#CDC456 #56CD89 #565FCD #CD569B

square

#CDC456 #56CD89 #565FCD #CD569B

split-complementary

#CDC456 #569BCD #8956CD

monochromatic

#827B26 #B1A834 #CDC456 #DBD485 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CDC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC456

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC456	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58a',
    500: '#cdc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc456;
$custom-light: #dfd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80624,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC456

secondary

#3E4389

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC456

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

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