#CDBE51#CDBE51

#CDBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE51
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -7.99, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 56.13, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.026 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0772, 50.4019, 15.1371)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE51 #5160CD

analogous

#CD8051 #CDBE51 #9ECD51

triadic

#CDBE51 #51CDBE #BE51CD

tetradic

#CDBE51 #51CD80 #5160CD #CD519E

square

#CDBE51 #51CD80 #5160CD #CD519E

split-complementary

#CDBE51 #519ECD #8051CD

monochromatic

#7F7425 #AFA032 #CDBE51 #DBD081 #E8E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CDBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#CDBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE51

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE51	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd186',
    500: '#cdbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe51;
$custom-light: #dfd186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79308,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE51

secondary

#3B4587

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE51

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

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