#CDB551#CDB551

#CDB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB551
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -3.31, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 53.04, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0126 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.123 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1877, 46.6230, 14.5073)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB551 #5169CD

analogous

#CD7751 #CDB551 #A7CD51

triadic

#CDB551 #51CDB5 #B551CD

tetradic

#CDB551 #51CD77 #5169CD #CD51A7

square

#CDB551 #51CD77 #5169CD #CD51A7

split-complementary

#CDB551 #51A7CD #7751CD

monochromatic

#7F6E25 #AF9732 #CDB551 #DBC981 #E8DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CDB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB551

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB551	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca85',
    500: '#cdb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb551;
$custom-light: #dfca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77432,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB551

secondary

#A3ADD7

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB551

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

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