#CDB951#CDB951

#CDB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB951
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -5.40, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 54.37, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0186 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0128, 48.2731, 14.7823)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB951 #5165CD

analogous

#CD7B51 #CDB951 #A3CD51

triadic

#CDB951 #51CDB9 #B951CD

tetradic

#CDB951 #51CD7B #5165CD #CD51A3

square

#CDB951 #51CD7B #5165CD #CD51A3

split-complementary

#CDB951 #51A3CD #7B51CD

monochromatic

#7F7025 #AF9B32 #CDB951 #DBCC81 #E8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#CDB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB951

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB951	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd86',
    500: '#cdb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb951;
$custom-light: #dfcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78263,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB951

secondary

#A3ACD7

accent

#61DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB951

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

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