#CDC551#CDC551

#CDC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.137 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC551
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -11.57, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 58.74, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0362 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.137 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6299, 53.5073, 15.6547)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC551 #5159CD

analogous

#CD8751 #CDC551 #97CD51

triadic

#CDC551 #51CDC5 #C551CD

tetradic

#CDC551 #51CD87 #5159CD #CD5197

square

#CDC551 #51CD87 #5159CD #CD5197

split-complementary

#CDC551 #5197CD #8751CD

monochromatic

#7F7925 #AFA732 #CDC551 #DBD581 #E8E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC551

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC551	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.137 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd686',
    500: '#cdc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc551;
$custom-light: #dfd686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80785,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC551

secondary

#3B4087

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC551

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

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