#CDC351#CDC351

#CDC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC351
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -10.55, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 57.98, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0333 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1788, 52.6051, 15.5043)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC351 #515BCD

analogous

#CD8551 #CDC351 #99CD51

triadic

#CDC351 #51CDC3 #C351CD

tetradic

#CDC351 #51CD85 #515BCD #CD5199

square

#CDC351 #51CD85 #515BCD #CD5199

split-complementary

#CDC351 #5199CD #8551CD

monochromatic

#7F7825 #AFA532 #CDC351 #DBD381 #E8E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#CDC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC351

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC351	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd486',
    500: '#cdc351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc351;
$custom-light: #dfd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC351

secondary

#3B4287

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC351

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

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