#CDBA51#CDBA51

#CDBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA51
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -5.92, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 54.71, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0201 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2227, 48.6929, 14.8523)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA51 #5164CD

analogous

#CD7C51 #CDBA51 #A2CD51

triadic

#CDBA51 #51CDBA #BA51CD

tetradic

#CDBA51 #51CD7C #5164CD #CD51A2

square

#CDBA51 #51CD7C #5164CD #CD51A2

split-complementary

#CDBA51 #51A2CD #7C51CD

monochromatic

#7F7125 #AF9C32 #CDBA51 #DBCD81 #E8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA51

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA51	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce86',
    500: '#cdba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba51;
$custom-light: #dfce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78471,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA51

secondary

#A3ABD7

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA51

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

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