#CDC851#CDC851

#CDC851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC851
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -13.09, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 59.91, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0405 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.14 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3179, 54.8833, 15.8840)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC851 #5156CD

analogous

#CD8A51 #CDC851 #94CD51

triadic

#CDC851 #51CDC8 #C851CD

tetradic

#CDC851 #51CD8A #5156CD #CD5194

square

#CDC851 #51CD8A #5156CD #CD5194

split-complementary

#CDC851 #5194CD #8A51CD

monochromatic

#7F7B25 #AFAA32 #CDC851 #DBD781 #E8E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CDC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC851

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC851	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd887',
    500: '#cdc851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc851;
$custom-light: #dfd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81422,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC851

secondary

#3B3F87

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC851

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

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