#CDC756#CDC756

#CDC756 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	#CDC756
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -12.24, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 57.35, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0375 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.135 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2815, 54.4994, 16.8311)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC756 #565CCD

analogous

#CD8C56 #CDC756 #98CD56

triadic

#CDC756 #56CDC7 #C756CD

tetradic

#CDC756 #56CD8C #565CCD #CD5698

square

#CDC756 #56CD8C #565CCD #CD5698

split-complementary

#CDC756 #5698CD #8C56CD

monochromatic

#827D26 #B1AB34 #CDC756 #DBD785 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC756

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC756	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78a',
    500: '#cdc756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc756;
$custom-light: #dfd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8126,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC756

secondary

#3E4289

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC756

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

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