#CDCC5B#CDCC5B

#CDCC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.135 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC5B
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -14.39, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 57.18, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0431 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.135 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6594, 56.9215, 18.3192)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC5B #5B5CCD

analogous

#CD935B #CDCC5B #95CD5B

triadic

#CDCC5B #5BCDCC #CC5BCD

tetradic

#CDCC5B #5BCD93 #5B5CCD #CD5B95

square

#CDCC5B #5BCD93 #5B5CCD #CD5B95

split-complementary

#CDCC5B #5B95CD #935BCD

monochromatic

#858429 #B4B337 #CDCC5B #DBDB8A #EAE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDCC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC5B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC5B	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.135 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8d',
    500: '#cdcc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc5b;
$custom-light: #dfdb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC5B

secondary

#40418C

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC5B

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

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