#CDCC55#CDCC55

#CDCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC55
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -14.83, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 59.81, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.045 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.141 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4108, 56.8221, 17.0102)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC55 #5556CD

analogous

#CD9055 #CDCC55 #92CD55

triadic

#CDCC55 #55CDCC #CC55CD

tetradic

#CDCC55 #55CD90 #5556CD #CD5592

square

#CDCC55 #55CD90 #5556CD #CD5592

split-complementary

#CDCC55 #5592CD #9055CD

monochromatic

#828126 #B1B034 #CDCC55 #DBDA84 #E9E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#CDCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC55

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC55	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb89',
    500: '#cdcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc55;
$custom-light: #dfdb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82315,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC55

secondary

#3D3E89

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC55

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

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