#CDC657#CDC657

#CDC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.133 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC657
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -11.66, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 56.51, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0358 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.133 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0927, 54.0569, 16.9683)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC657 #575ECD

analogous

#CD8B57 #CDC657 #99CD57

triadic

#CDC657 #57CDC6 #C657CD

tetradic

#CDC657 #57CD8B #575ECD #CD5799

square

#CDC657 #57CD8B #575ECD #CD5799

split-complementary

#CDC657 #5799CD #8B57CD

monochromatic

#837D27 #B2AA35 #CDC657 #DBD686 #E9E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CDC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC657

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC657	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.133 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78a',
    500: '#cdc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc657;
$custom-light: #dfd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81058,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC657

secondary

#3E438A

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC657

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

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