#CDCB51#CDCB51

#CDCB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB51
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -14.60, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 61.10, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0448 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.143 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0195, 56.2865, 16.1179)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB51 #5153CD

analogous

#CD8D51 #CDCB51 #91CD51

triadic

#CDCB51 #51CDCB #CB51CD

tetradic

#CDCB51 #51CD8D #5153CD #CD5191

square

#CDCB51 #51CD8D #5153CD #CD5191

split-complementary

#CDCB51 #5191CD #8D51CD

monochromatic

#7F7E25 #AFAD32 #CDCB51 #DBD981 #E8E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CDCB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB51

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB51	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda87',
    500: '#cdcb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb51;
$custom-light: #dfda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82062,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB51

secondary

#3B3D87

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB51

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

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