#CDC451#CDC451

#CDC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.136 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC451
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -11.06, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 58.36, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0348 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.136 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4036, 53.0547, 15.5792)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC451 #515ACD

analogous

#CD8651 #CDC451 #98CD51

triadic

#CDC451 #51CDC4 #C451CD

tetradic

#CDC451 #51CD86 #515ACD #CD5198

square

#CDC451 #51CD86 #515ACD #CD5198

split-complementary

#CDC451 #5198CD #8651CD

monochromatic

#7F7925 #AFA632 #CDC451 #DBD481 #E8E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#CDC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC451

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC451	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.136 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd586',
    500: '#cdc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc451;
$custom-light: #dfd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80573,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC451

secondary

#3B4187

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC451

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

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