#CDC558#CDC558

#CDC558 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC558
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -11.08, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 55.67, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.034 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9060, 53.6178, 17.1091)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC558 #5860CD

analogous

#CD8A58 #CDC558 #9BCD58

triadic

#CDC558 #58CDC5 #C558CD

tetradic

#CDC558 #58CD8A #5860CD #CD589B

square

#CDC558 #58CD8A #5860CD #CD589B

split-complementary

#CDC558 #589BCD #8A58CD

monochromatic

#837D27 #B2AA35 #CDC558 #DBD587 #E9E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CDC558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC558

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC558	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)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68b',
    500: '#cdc558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc558;
$custom-light: #dfd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80857,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC558

secondary

#3F448B

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC558

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

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