#CDC855#CDC855

#CDC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC855
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -12.82, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 58.19, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0393 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.136 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4723, 54.9450, 16.6973)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC855 #555ACD

analogous

#CD8C55 #CDC855 #96CD55

triadic

#CDC855 #55CDC8 #C855CD

tetradic

#CDC855 #55CD8C #555ACD #CD5596

square

#CDC855 #55CD8C #555ACD #CD5596

split-complementary

#CDC855 #5596CD #8C55CD

monochromatic

#827E26 #B1AC34 #CDC855 #DBD784 #E9E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CDC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC855

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC855	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd889',
    500: '#cdc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc855;
$custom-light: #dfd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC855

secondary

#3D4089

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC855

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

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