#CDC857#CDC857

#CDC857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.135 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC857
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -12.67, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 57.31, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0387 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.135 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5529, 54.9773, 17.1217)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC857 #575CCD

analogous

#CD8D57 #CDC857 #97CD57

triadic

#CDC857 #57CDC8 #C857CD

tetradic

#CDC857 #57CD8D #575CCD #CD5797

square

#CDC857 #57CD8D #575CCD #CD5797

split-complementary

#CDC857 #5797CD #8D57CD

monochromatic

#837F27 #B2AD35 #CDC857 #DBD786 #E9E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CDC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC857

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC857	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.135 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88a',
    500: '#cdc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc857;
$custom-light: #dfd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81483,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC857

secondary

#3E418A

accent

#51DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC857

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

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