#CDCE55#CDCE55

#CDCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.143 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE55
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -15.83, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 60.63, 105.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0478 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.143 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8892, 57.7789, 17.1697)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE55 #5655CE

analogous

#CE9355 #CDCE55 #91CE55

triadic

#CDCE55 #55CDCE #CE55CD

tetradic

#CDCE55 #55CE93 #5655CE #CE5591

square

#CDCE55 #55CE93 #5655CE #CE5591

split-complementary

#CDCE55 #5591CE #9355CE

monochromatic

#828326 #B1B233 #CDCE55 #DBDC85 #E9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CDCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE55

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE55	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.143 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8a',
    500: '#cdce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce55;
$custom-light: #dfdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.496,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82742,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE55

secondary

#3E3D8A

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE55

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

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