#CDCB56#CDCB56

#CDCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB56
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -14.26, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 58.96, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0433 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2139, 56.3643, 17.1419)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB56 #5658CD

analogous

#CD9056 #CDCB56 #93CD56

triadic

#CDCB56 #56CDCB #CB56CD

tetradic

#CDCB56 #56CD90 #5658CD #CD5693

square

#CDCB56 #56CD90 #5658CD #CD5693

split-complementary

#CDCB56 #5693CD #9056CD

monochromatic

#828126 #B1AF34 #CDCB56 #DBDA85 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CDCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB56

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB56	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8a',
    500: '#cdcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb56;
$custom-light: #dfda8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82111,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB56

secondary

#3E3F89

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB56

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

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