#CDC55D#CDC55D

#CDC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.126 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55D
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -10.69, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 53.40, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0324 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.126 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1203, 53.7035, 18.2375)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55D #5D65CD

analogous

#CD8D5D #CDC55D #9DCD5D

triadic

#CDC55D #5DCDC5 #C55DCD

tetradic

#CDC55D #5DCD8D #5D65CD #CD5D9D

square

#CDC55D #5DCD8D #5D65CD #CD5D9D

split-complementary

#CDC55D #5D9DCD #8D5DCD

monochromatic

#868029 #B5AC38 #CDC55D #DBD68C #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55D

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55D	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)

#D4BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.126 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68e',
    500: '#cdc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55d;
$custom-light: #dfd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80914,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55D

secondary

#41468D

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55D

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

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