#CDC956#CDC956

#CDC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC956
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -13.25, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 58.15, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0404 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.137 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7447, 55.4257, 16.9855)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC956 #565ACD

analogous

#CD8E56 #CDC956 #96CD56

triadic

#CDC956 #56CDC9 #C956CD

tetradic

#CDC956 #56CD8E #565ACD #CD5696

square

#CDC956 #56CD8E #565ACD #CD5696

split-complementary

#CDC956 #5696CD #8E56CD

monochromatic

#827F26 #B1AD34 #CDC956 #DBD885 #E9E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CDC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC956

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC956	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98a',
    500: '#cdc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc956;
$custom-light: #dfd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC956

secondary

#3E4089

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC956

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

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