#CDC55C#CDC55C

#CDC55C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55C
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -10.77, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 53.86, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0327 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.127 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0763, 53.6859, 18.0057)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55C #5C64CD

analogous

#CD8C5C #CDC55C #9CCD5C

triadic

#CDC55C #5CCDC5 #C55CCD

tetradic

#CDC55C #5CCD8C #5C64CD #CD5C9C

square

#CDC55C #5CCD8C #5C64CD #CD5C9C

split-complementary

#CDC55C #5C9CCD #8C5CCD

monochromatic

#867F29 #B4AC37 #CDC55C #DBD68B #EAE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55C	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68d',
    500: '#cdc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55c;
$custom-light: #dfd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80902,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55C

secondary

#40468D

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55C

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

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