#CDC55B#CDC55B

#CDC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.128 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55B
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -10.85, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 54.31, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.033 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.128 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0329, 53.6685, 17.7770)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55B #5B63CD

analogous

#CD8C5B #CDC55B #9CCD5B

triadic

#CDC55B #5BCDC5 #C55BCD

tetradic

#CDC55B #5BCD8C #5B63CD #CD5B9C

square

#CDC55B #5BCD8C #5B63CD #CD5B9C

split-complementary

#CDC55B #5B9CCD #8C5BCD

monochromatic

#857F29 #B4AB37 #CDC55B #DBD68A #EAE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CDC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55B	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)

#D4BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.128 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68d',
    500: '#cdc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55b;
$custom-light: #dfd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80891,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55B

secondary

#40458C

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55B

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

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