#CDC56D#CDC56D

#CDC56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.111 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC56D
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -9.30, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 45.83, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0267 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.111 104)
XYZ	xyz(47.9046, 54.0172, 22.3679)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC56D #6D75CD

analogous

#CD956D #CDC56D #A5CD6D

triadic

#CDC56D #6DCDC5 #C56DCD

tetradic

#CDC56D #6DCD95 #6D75CD #CD6DA5

square

#CDC56D #6DCD95 #6D75CD #CD6DA5

split-complementary

#CDC56D #6DA5CD #956DCD

monochromatic

#8F8731 #BCB240 #CDC56D #DDD79B #ECE9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CDC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC56D

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC56D	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.111 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded698',
    500: '#cdc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc56d;
$custom-light: #ded698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81118,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.54016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC56D

secondary

#494F95

accent

#35BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC56D

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

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