#CDC56A#CDC56A

#CDC56A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.114 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC56A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 48.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -9.58, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 47.28, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0278 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.114 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7458, 53.9537, 21.5319)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC56A #6A72CD

analogous

#CD936A #CDC56A #A3CD6A

triadic

#CDC56A #6ACDC5 #C56ACD

tetradic

#CDC56A #6ACD93 #6A72CD #CD6AA3

square

#CDC56A #6ACD93 #6A72CD #CD6AA3

split-complementary

#CDC56A #6AA3CD #936ACD

monochromatic

#8D862F #BBB13F #CDC56A #DCD798 #ECE9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC56A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC56A	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.114 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded696',
    500: '#cdc56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc56a;
$custom-light: #ded696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 49.749,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81077,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC56A

secondary

#474E94

accent

#34BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC56A

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

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