#CDCE56#CDCE56

#CDCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE56
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -15.76, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 60.20, 105.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0475 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.142 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9292, 57.7949, 17.3804)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE56 #5756CE

analogous

#CE9356 #CDCE56 #91CE56

triadic

#CDCE56 #56CDCE #CE56CD

tetradic

#CDCE56 #56CE93 #5756CE #CE5691

square

#CDCE56 #56CE93 #5756CE #CE5691

split-complementary

#CDCE56 #5691CE #9356CE

monochromatic

#838326 #B2B334 #CDCE56 #DBDC85 #E9EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CDCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE56

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8a',
    500: '#cdce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce56;
$custom-light: #dfdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82752,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE56

secondary

#3E3E8B

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE56

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

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