#CDC751#CDC751

#CDC751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC751
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -12.59, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 59.52, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0391 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.139 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0870, 54.4216, 15.8070)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC751 #5157CD

analogous

#CD8951 #CDC751 #95CD51

triadic

#CDC751 #51CDC7 #C751CD

tetradic

#CDC751 #51CD89 #5157CD #CD5195

square

#CDC751 #51CD89 #5157CD #CD5195

split-complementary

#CDC751 #5195CD #8951CD

monochromatic

#7F7B25 #AFA932 #CDC751 #DBD681 #E8E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC751

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC751	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd787',
    500: '#cdc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc751;
$custom-light: #dfd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8121,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC751

secondary

#3B3F87

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC751

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

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