#CDC655#CDC655

#CDC655 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC655
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -11.80, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 57.39, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0364 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0121, 54.0247, 16.5440)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC655 #555CCD

analogous

#CD8A55 #CDC655 #98CD55

triadic

#CDC655 #55CDC6 #C655CD

tetradic

#CDC655 #55CD8A #555CCD #CD5598

square

#CDC655 #55CD8A #555CCD #CD5598

split-complementary

#CDC655 #5598CD #8A55CD

monochromatic

#827C26 #B1AA34 #CDC655 #DBD684 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CDC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC655

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC655	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)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd789',
    500: '#cdc655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc655;
$custom-light: #dfd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81037,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC655

secondary

#3D4289

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC655

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

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