#CDCC56#CDCC56

#CDCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC56
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -14.76, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 59.37, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0447 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.14 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4508, 56.8381, 17.2209)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC56 #5657CD

analogous

#CD9156 #CDCC56 #93CD56

triadic

#CDCC56 #56CDCC #CC56CD

tetradic

#CDCC56 #56CD91 #5657CD #CD5693

square

#CDCC56 #56CD91 #5657CD #CD5693

split-complementary

#CDCC56 #5693CD #9156CD

monochromatic

#828126 #B1B034 #CDCC56 #DBDA85 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC56

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC56	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8a',
    500: '#cdcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc56;
$custom-light: #dfdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82325,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC56

secondary

#3E3E89

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC56

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

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