#CDC561#CDC561

#CDC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.123 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC561
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -10.37, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 51.55, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.031 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.123 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3021, 53.7762, 19.1951)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC561 #6169CD

analogous

#CD8F61 #CDC561 #9FCD61

triadic

#CDC561 #61CDC5 #C561CD

tetradic

#CDC561 #61CD8F #6169CD #CD619F

square

#CDC561 #61CD8F #6169CD #CD619F

split-complementary

#CDC561 #619FCD #8F61CD

monochromatic

#88822B #B7AE3A #CDC561 #DCD68F #EAE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC561

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC561	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.123 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded691',
    500: '#cdc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc561;
$custom-light: #ded691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80961,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC561

secondary

#43498F

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC561

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

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