#CDC555#CDC555

#CDC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC555
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -11.29, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 57.00, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.035 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7843, 53.5691, 16.4680)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC555 #555DCD

analogous

#CD8955 #CDC555 #99CD55

triadic

#CDC555 #55CDC5 #C555CD

tetradic

#CDC555 #55CD89 #555DCD #CD5599

square

#CDC555 #55CD89 #555DCD #CD5599

split-complementary

#CDC555 #5599CD #8955CD

monochromatic

#827B26 #B1A834 #CDC555 #DBD584 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CDC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC555

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC555	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd689',
    500: '#cdc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc555;
$custom-light: #dfd689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80826,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC555

secondary

#3D4289

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC555

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

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