#CDC55E#CDC55E

#CDC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55E
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -10.61, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 52.94, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.032 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.125 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1649, 53.7213, 18.4723)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55E #5E66CD

analogous

#CD8D5E #CDC55E #9DCD5E

triadic

#CDC55E #5ECDC5 #C55ECD

tetradic

#CDC55E #5ECD8D #5E66CD #CD5E9D

square

#CDC55E #5ECD8D #5E66CD #CD5E9D

split-complementary

#CDC55E #5E9DCD #8D5ECD

monochromatic

#87802A #B5AC38 #CDC55E #DCD68D #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55E	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)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68f',
    500: '#cdc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55e;
$custom-light: #dfd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55E

secondary

#41478E

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55E

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

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