#CDCC57#CDCC57

#CDCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC57
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -14.69, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 58.94, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0444 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.139 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4914, 56.8543, 17.4346)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC57 #5758CD

analogous

#CD9157 #CDCC57 #93CD57

triadic

#CDCC57 #57CDCC #CC57CD

tetradic

#CDCC57 #57CD91 #5758CD #CD5793

square

#CDCC57 #57CD91 #5758CD #CD5793

split-complementary

#CDCC57 #5793CD #9157CD

monochromatic

#838227 #B2B135 #CDCC57 #DBDA86 #E9E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#CDCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC57

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC57	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8b',
    500: '#cdcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc57;
$custom-light: #dfdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82335,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC57

secondary

#3E3F8A

accent

#4CDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC57

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

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