#CDB351#CDB351

#CDB351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB351
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -2.26, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 52.40, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0095 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.121 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7840, 45.8155, 14.3727)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB351 #516BCD

analogous

#CD7551 #CDB351 #A9CD51

triadic

#CDB351 #51CDB3 #B351CD

tetradic

#CDB351 #51CD75 #516BCD #CD51A9

square

#CDB351 #51CD75 #516BCD #CD51A9

split-complementary

#CDB351 #51A9CD #7551CD

monochromatic

#7F6C25 #AF9532 #CDB351 #DBC881 #E8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CDB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CDB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB351

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB351	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc985',
    500: '#cdb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb351;
$custom-light: #dfc985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77019,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB351

secondary

#A3AED7

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB351

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

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