#CDB651#CDB651

#CDB651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB651
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -3.84, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 53.36, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0141 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.123 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3918, 47.0311, 14.5753)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB651 #5168CD

analogous

#CD7851 #CDB651 #A6CD51

triadic

#CDB651 #51CDB6 #B651CD

tetradic

#CDB651 #51CD78 #5168CD #CD51A6

square

#CDB651 #51CD78 #5168CD #CD51A6

split-complementary

#CDB651 #51A6CD #7851CD

monochromatic

#7F6E25 #AF9832 #CDB651 #DBCA81 #E8DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#CDB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB651

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB651	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcb86',
    500: '#cdb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb651;
$custom-light: #dfcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77639,
    "c": 0.12342,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB651

secondary

#A3ADD7

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB651

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

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