#CDCD57#CDCD57

#CDCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD57
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -15.19, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 59.35, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0458 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7298, 57.3312, 17.5141)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD57 #5757CD

analogous

#CD9257 #CDCD57 #92CD57

triadic

#CDCD57 #57CDCD #CD57CD

tetradic

#CDCD57 #57CD92 #5757CD #CD5792

square

#CDCD57 #57CD92 #5757CD #CD5792

split-complementary

#CDCD57 #5792CD #9257CD

monochromatic

#838327 #B2B235 #CDCD57 #DBDB86 #E9E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CDCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD57

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD57	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8b',
    500: '#cdcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd57;
$custom-light: #dfdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82549,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD57

secondary

#3E3E8A

accent

#4ADD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD57

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

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