#CDC56F#CDC56F

#CDC56F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.108 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC56F
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -9.11, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 44.85, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0259 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.108 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0134, 54.0607, 22.9414)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC56F #6F77CD

analogous

#CD966F #CDC56F #A6CD6F

triadic

#CDC56F #6FCDC5 #C56FCD

tetradic

#CDC56F #6FCD96 #6F77CD #CD6FA6

square

#CDC56F #6FCD96 #6F77CD #CD6FA6

split-complementary

#CDC56F #6FA6CD #966FCD

monochromatic

#908832 #BDB342 #CDC56F #DDD79C #EDEACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CDC56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC56F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC56F	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)

#D3C068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.108 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69a',
    500: '#cdc56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc56f;
$custom-light: #ded69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC56F

secondary

#4A5196

accent

#36BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC56F

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

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