#CDCD55#CDCD55

#CDCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD55
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -15.33, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 60.22, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0464 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6493, 57.2990, 17.0897)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD55 #5555CD

analogous

#CD9155 #CDCD55 #91CD55

triadic

#CDCD55 #55CDCD #CD55CD

tetradic

#CDCD55 #55CD91 #5555CD #CD5591

square

#CDCD55 #55CD91 #5555CD #CD5591

split-complementary

#CDCD55 #5591CD #9155CD

monochromatic

#828226 #B1B134 #CDCD55 #DBDB84 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CDCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#CDCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD55

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD55	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc89',
    500: '#cdcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd55;
$custom-light: #dfdc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.14163,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD55

secondary

#3D3D89

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD55

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

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