#CDC651#CDC651

#CDC651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC651
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -12.08, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 59.13, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0377 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.138 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8577, 53.9629, 15.7306)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC651 #5158CD

analogous

#CD8851 #CDC651 #96CD51

triadic

#CDC651 #51CDC6 #C651CD

tetradic

#CDC651 #51CD88 #5158CD #CD5196

square

#CDC651 #51CD88 #5158CD #CD5196

split-complementary

#CDC651 #5196CD #8851CD

monochromatic

#7F7A25 #AFA832 #CDC651 #DBD681 #E8E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CDC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC651

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC651	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd787',
    500: '#cdc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc651;
$custom-light: #dfd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80997,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC651

secondary

#3B4087

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC651

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

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