#CDC559#CDC559

#CDC559 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.130 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC559
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -11.00, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 55.22, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0337 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.13 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.9477, 53.6344, 17.3287)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC559 #5961CD

analogous

#CD8B59 #CDC559 #9BCD59

triadic

#CDC559 #59CDC5 #C559CD

tetradic

#CDC559 #59CD8B #5961CD #CD599B

square

#CDC559 #59CD8B #5961CD #CD599B

split-complementary

#CDC559 #599BCD #8B59CD

monochromatic

#847E28 #B3AA36 #CDC559 #DBD588 #E9E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CDC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC559

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC559	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.130 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68b',
    500: '#cdc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc559;
$custom-light: #dfd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80868,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.53633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC559

secondary

#3F448B

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC559

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

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