#CDC557#CDC557

#CDC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.132 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC557
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -11.15, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 56.12, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0343 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.132 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8649, 53.6013, 16.8924)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC557 #575FCD

analogous

#CD8A57 #CDC557 #9ACD57

triadic

#CDC557 #57CDC5 #C557CD

tetradic

#CDC557 #57CD8A #575FCD #CD579A

square

#CDC557 #57CD8A #575FCD #CD579A

split-complementary

#CDC557 #579ACD #8A57CD

monochromatic

#837C27 #B2A935 #CDC557 #DBD586 #E9E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CDC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC557

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC557	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)

#D4BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.132 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68a',
    500: '#cdc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc557;
$custom-light: #dfd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80847,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC557

secondary

#3E438A

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC557

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

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