#CDC55F#CDC55F

#CDC55F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.124 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC55F
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -10.53, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 52.48, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0317 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.124 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2100, 53.7394, 18.7101)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC55F #5F67CD

analogous

#CD8E5F #CDC55F #9ECD5F

triadic

#CDC55F #5FCDC5 #C55FCD

tetradic

#CDC55F #5FCD8E #5F67CD #CD5F9E

square

#CDC55F #5FCD8E #5F67CD #CD5F9E

split-complementary

#CDC55F #5F9ECD #8E5FCD

monochromatic

#87812A #B6AD39 #CDC55F #DCD68E #EAE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC55F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC55F	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.124 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded68f',
    500: '#cdc55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc55f;
$custom-light: #ded68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80937,
    "c": 0.12445,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC55F

secondary

#42478E

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC55F

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

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