#CDCE57#CDCE57

#CDCE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE57
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -15.69, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 59.77, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0472 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.141 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9698, 57.8111, 17.5940)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE57 #5857CE

analogous

#CE9357 #CDCE57 #92CE57

triadic

#CDCE57 #57CDCE #CE57CD

tetradic

#CDCE57 #57CE93 #5857CE #CE5792

square

#CDCE57 #57CE93 #5857CE #CE5792

split-complementary

#CDCE57 #5792CE #9357CE

monochromatic

#838427 #B2B334 #CDCE57 #DBDC86 #E9EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CDCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE57

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8b',
    500: '#cdce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce57;
$custom-light: #dfdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82762,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE57

secondary

#3F3E8B

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE57

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

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