#CDC55A#CDC55A

#CDC55A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -10.92, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 54.77, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0334 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.129 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.9900, 53.6514, 17.5514)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55A #5A62CD

analogous

#CD8B5A #CDC55A #9BCD5A

triadic

#CDC55A #5ACDC5 #C55ACD

tetradic

#CDC55A #5ACD8B #5A62CD #CD5A9B

square

#CDC55A #5ACD8B #5A62CD #CD5A9B

split-complementary

#CDC55A #5A9BCD #8B5ACD

monochromatic

#847E28 #B3AB36 #CDC55A #DBD689 #E9E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CDC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55A	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)

#D4BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68c',
    500: '#cdc55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55a;
$custom-light: #dfd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80879,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.5365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55A

secondary

#40458C

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55A

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

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