#CDC957#CDC957

#CDC957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC957
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -13.18, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 57.71, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0401 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.136 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7852, 55.4420, 17.1992)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC957 #575BCD

analogous

#CD8E57 #CDC957 #96CD57

triadic

#CDC957 #57CDC9 #C957CD

tetradic

#CDC957 #57CD8E #575BCD #CD5796

square

#CDC957 #57CD8E #575BCD #CD5796

split-complementary

#CDC957 #5796CD #8E57CD

monochromatic

#838027 #B2AE35 #CDC957 #DBD886 #E9E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CDC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC957

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC957	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98a',
    500: '#cdc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc957;
$custom-light: #dfd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC957

secondary

#3E418A

accent

#4FDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC957

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

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