#CDC151#CDC151

#CDC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC151
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -9.53, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 57.23, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0304 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7337, 51.7148, 15.3559)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC151 #515DCD

analogous

#CD8351 #CDC151 #9BCD51

triadic

#CDC151 #51CDC1 #C151CD

tetradic

#CDC151 #51CD83 #515DCD #CD519B

square

#CDC151 #51CD83 #515DCD #CD519B

split-complementary

#CDC151 #519BCD #8351CD

monochromatic

#7F7625 #AFA332 #CDC151 #DBD281 #E8E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CDC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC151

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC151	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd386',
    500: '#cdc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc151;
$custom-light: #dfd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC151

secondary

#3B4387

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC151

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

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