#CDC951#CDC951

#CDC951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC951
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -13.60, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 60.31, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0419 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.141 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5502, 55.3480, 15.9614)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC951 #5155CD

analogous

#CD8B51 #CDC951 #93CD51

triadic

#CDC951 #51CDC9 #C951CD

tetradic

#CDC951 #51CD8B #5155CD #CD5193

square

#CDC951 #51CD8B #5155CD #CD5193

split-complementary

#CDC951 #5193CD #8B51CD

monochromatic

#7F7C25 #AFAB32 #CDC951 #DBD881 #E8E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC951

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC951	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd987',
    500: '#cdc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc951;
$custom-light: #dfd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81635,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC951

secondary

#3B3E87

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC951

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

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