#CDC051#CDC051

#CDC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC051
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -9.02, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 56.86, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0289 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5133, 51.2742, 15.2825)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC051 #515ECD

analogous

#CD8251 #CDC051 #9CCD51

triadic

#CDC051 #51CDC0 #C051CD

tetradic

#CDC051 #51CD82 #515ECD #CD519C

square

#CDC051 #51CD82 #515ECD #CD519C

split-complementary

#CDC051 #519CCD #8251CD

monochromatic

#7F7625 #AFA232 #CDC051 #DBD181 #E8E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CDC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC051

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC051	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd286',
    500: '#cdc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc051;
$custom-light: #dfd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79729,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC051

secondary

#3B4387

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC051

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

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