#CDB751#CDB751

#CDB751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB751
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -4.36, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 53.69, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0156 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5973, 47.4422, 14.6438)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB751 #5167CD

analogous

#CD7951 #CDB751 #A5CD51

triadic

#CDB751 #51CDB7 #B751CD

tetradic

#CDB751 #51CD79 #5167CD #CD51A5

square

#CDB751 #51CD79 #5167CD #CD51A5

split-complementary

#CDB751 #51A5CD #7951CD

monochromatic

#7F6F25 #AF9932 #CDB751 #DBCB81 #E8DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#CDB751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB751

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB751	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc86',
    500: '#cdb751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb751;
$custom-light: #dfcc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB751

secondary

#A3ACD7

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB751

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

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