#CDC755#CDC755

#CDC755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC755
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -12.31, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 57.79, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0379 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.135 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2415, 54.4834, 16.6204)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC755 #555BCD

analogous

#CD8B55 #CDC755 #97CD55

triadic

#CDC755 #55CDC7 #C755CD

tetradic

#CDC755 #55CD8B #555BCD #CD5597

square

#CDC755 #55CD8B #555BCD #CD5597

split-complementary

#CDC755 #5597CD #8B55CD

monochromatic

#827D26 #B1AB34 #CDC755 #DBD784 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC755

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC755	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd789',
    500: '#cdc755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc755;
$custom-light: #dfd789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8125,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC755

secondary

#3D4189

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC755

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

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