#CDBB51#CDBB51

#CDBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB51
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -6.44, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 55.06, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0215 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4341, 49.1157, 14.9227)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB51 #5163CD

analogous

#CD7D51 #CDBB51 #A1CD51

triadic

#CDBB51 #51CDBB #BB51CD

tetradic

#CDBB51 #51CD7D #5163CD #CD51A1

square

#CDBB51 #51CD7D #5163CD #CD51A1

split-complementary

#CDBB51 #51A1CD #7D51CD

monochromatic

#7F7225 #AF9D32 #CDBB51 #DBCE81 #E8E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#CDBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB51

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB51	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf86',
    500: '#cdbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb51;
$custom-light: #dfcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7868,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB51

secondary

#A3ABD7

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB51

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

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