#CDC56E#CDC56E

#CDC56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.110 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC56E
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -9.20, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 45.34, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0263 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.11 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9587, 54.0388, 22.6531)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC56E #6E76CD

analogous

#CD966E #CDC56E #A6CD6E

triadic

#CDC56E #6ECDC5 #C56ECD

tetradic

#CDC56E #6ECD96 #6E76CD #CD6EA6

square

#CDC56E #6ECD96 #6E76CD #CD6EA6

split-complementary

#CDC56E #6EA6CD #966ECD

monochromatic

#8F8731 #BDB241 #CDC56E #DDD79C #ECE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CDC56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC56E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC56E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.110 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded699',
    500: '#cdc56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc56e;
$custom-light: #ded699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.947,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81132,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC56E

secondary

#4A5096

accent

#36BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC56E

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

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