#CDCA51#CDCA51

#CDCA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.142 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCA51
RGB	rgb(205, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -14.10, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 60.70, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0434 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.142 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7841, 55.8157, 16.0394)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCA51 #5154CD

analogous

#CD8C51 #CDCA51 #92CD51

triadic

#CDCA51 #51CDCA #CA51CD

tetradic

#CDCA51 #51CD8C #5154CD #CD5192

square

#CDCA51 #51CD8C #5154CD #CD5192

split-complementary

#CDCA51 #5192CD #8C51CD

monochromatic

#7F7D25 #AFAC32 #CDCA51 #DBD881 #E8E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#CDCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCA51

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCA51	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.142 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd987',
    500: '#cdca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdca51;
$custom-light: #dfd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81848,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCA51

secondary

#3B3D87

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCA51

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

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