#CDC656#CDC656

#CDC656 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 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC656
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -11.73, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 56.95, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0361 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0521, 54.0407, 16.7547)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC656 #565DCD

analogous

#CD8B56 #CDC656 #98CD56

triadic

#CDC656 #56CDC6 #C656CD

tetradic

#CDC656 #56CD8B #565DCD #CD5698

square

#CDC656 #56CD8B #565DCD #CD5698

split-complementary

#CDC656 #5698CD #8B56CD

monochromatic

#827D26 #B1AA34 #CDC656 #DBD685 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CDC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC656

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC656	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78a',
    500: '#cdc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc656;
$custom-light: #dfd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81048,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC656

secondary

#3E4289

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC656

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

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