#CDCB55#CDCB55

#CDCB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB55
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -14.33, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 59.40, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0436 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.14 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1739, 56.3483, 16.9312)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB55 #5557CD

analogous

#CD8F55 #CDCB55 #93CD55

triadic

#CDCB55 #55CDCB #CB55CD

tetradic

#CDCB55 #55CD8F #5557CD #CD5593

square

#CDCB55 #55CD8F #5557CD #CD5593

split-complementary

#CDCB55 #5593CD #8F55CD

monochromatic

#828026 #B1AF34 #CDCB55 #DBD984 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CDCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB55

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB55	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda89',
    500: '#cdcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb55;
$custom-light: #dfda89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB55

secondary

#3D3F89

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB55

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

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