#CDC856#CDC856

#CDC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; 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	#CDC856
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -12.74, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 57.75, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.039 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.136 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5123, 54.9610, 16.9081)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC856 #565BCD

analogous

#CD8D56 #CDC856 #97CD56

triadic

#CDC856 #56CDC8 #C856CD

tetradic

#CDC856 #56CD8D #565BCD #CD5697

square

#CDC856 #56CD8D #565BCD #CD5697

split-complementary

#CDC856 #5697CD #8D56CD

monochromatic

#827E26 #B1AC34 #CDC856 #DBD785 #E9E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CDC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC856

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC856	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88a',
    500: '#cdc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc856;
$custom-light: #dfd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81472,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC856

secondary

#3E4189

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC856

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

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