#CDB451#CDB451

#CDB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB451
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -2.79, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 52.71, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0111 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.122 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9851, 46.2178, 14.4397)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB451 #516ACD

analogous

#CD7651 #CDB451 #A8CD51

triadic

#CDB451 #51CDB4 #B451CD

tetradic

#CDB451 #51CD76 #516ACD #CD51A8

square

#CDB451 #51CD76 #516ACD #CD51A8

split-complementary

#CDB451 #51A8CD #7651CD

monochromatic

#7F6D25 #AF9632 #CDB451 #DBC881 #E8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CDB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB451

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB451	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca85',
    500: '#cdb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb451;
$custom-light: #dfca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB451

secondary

#A3AED7

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB451

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

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