#CDC556#CDC556

#CDC556 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 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC556
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -11.22, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 56.56, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0346 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8243, 53.5851, 16.6787)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC556 #565ECD

analogous

#CD8956 #CDC556 #9ACD56

triadic

#CDC556 #56CDC5 #C556CD

tetradic

#CDC556 #56CD89 #565ECD #CD569A

square

#CDC556 #56CD89 #565ECD #CD569A

split-complementary

#CDC556 #569ACD #8956CD

monochromatic

#827C26 #B1A934 #CDC556 #DBD585 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CDC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC556

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC556	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68a',
    500: '#cdc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc556;
$custom-light: #dfd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80836,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC556

secondary

#3E4389

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC556

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

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