#CDB151#CDB151

#CDB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB151
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -1.21, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 51.78, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0065 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.12 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3861, 45.0196, 14.2400)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB151 #516DCD

analogous

#CD7351 #CDB151 #ABCD51

triadic

#CDB151 #51CDB1 #B151CD

tetradic

#CDB151 #51CD73 #516DCD #CD51AB

square

#CDB151 #51CD73 #516DCD #CD51AB

split-complementary

#CDB151 #51ABCD #7351CD

monochromatic

#7F6B25 #AF9332 #CDB151 #DBC681 #E8DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CDB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB151

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB151	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc885',
    500: '#cdb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb151;
$custom-light: #dfc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76608,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB151

secondary

#A3AFD7

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB151

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

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