#CDC251#CDC251

#CDC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC251
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -10.04, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 57.60, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0319 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9555, 52.1585, 15.4298)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC251 #515CCD

analogous

#CD8451 #CDC251 #9ACD51

triadic

#CDC251 #51CDC2 #C251CD

tetradic

#CDC251 #51CD84 #515CCD #CD519A

square

#CDC251 #51CD84 #515CCD #CD519A

split-complementary

#CDC251 #519ACD #8451CD

monochromatic

#7F7725 #AFA432 #CDC251 #DBD381 #E8E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC251

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC251	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd486',
    500: '#cdc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc251;
$custom-light: #dfd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8015,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC251

secondary

#3B4287

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC251

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

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